Moose Fort, Ontario (1911 census)
Moose Fort was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 468. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.710°N, 80.995°W.
Population
In 1911, Moose Fort had a population of 468.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1901 (0.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1921 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Moose Fort shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 27,316 area in acres, 468 total population, 42.68 area in square miles, 13 males in the population, 8 single (never-married) males, 4 males with marital status not given, 3 families, 1 married males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 43 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 10 persons of British origin (English), 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of French origin, 3 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (Irish). 401 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 458 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Roman Catholics, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Presbyterians, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 3 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099087— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099087— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Moose Fort, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moose-fort-on099087-1911/.