New Post, Ontario (1911 census)
New Post was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 40. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.488°N, 83.269°W.
Population
In 1911, New Post had a population of 40: 70 male and 24 female residents. Population density was 2.4 people per square mile.
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 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Unsurveyed parts N of Transcontinental R, 1921 (0.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, New Post shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,972 area in acres, 70 males in the population, 59 single (never-married) males, 40 total population, 39.02 area in square miles, 24 females in the population, 14 single (never-married) females, 13 families, 11 married males, 10 married females, 2.41 population per square mile. 68 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). 40 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 35 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 13 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054042— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054042— 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). "New Post, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/new-post-on054042-1911/.