Murchison, Preston & part Lyell, Ontario (1901 census)

Murchison, Preston & part Lyell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.574°N, 77.962°W.

Population

In 1901, Murchison, Preston & part Lyell had a population of 323: 175 male and 148 female residents.

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 Sabine, Airey, Lyell, Murchison & Robinson, 1891 (37.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Lyell, Murchison, Cross Lake, Dickens, Preston & Clancy, 1911 (36.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Murchison, Preston & part Lyell shared boundaries with:

• Airey & parts of Sabine & Lyell
• Hagarty, Sherwood & Jones
• NO DATA
• Richards & Burns
• Sabine & Lyell (parts)

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 323 total population, 175 males, 148 females, 120 single males, 96 single females, 58 families, 55 married males, 51 married females, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 57 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON092044 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON092044 — 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 1901 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). "Murchison, Preston & part Lyell, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/murchison-preston-part-lyell-on092044-1901/.