Oliver, Ontario (1911 census)
Oliver was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 772. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.608°N, 93.771°W.
Population
In 1911, Oliver had a population of 772: 146 male and 153 female residents. Population density was 8.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 772 |
| 1921 | 944 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Oliver shared boundaries with:
- Aylesworth, Lash & Eno (not inc)
- Barwick, Dobie & Mather
- Conmee & Pearson
- Eno vl not inc-non-inc
- Flemming, Potts & Richardson
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 19,760 area in acres, 772 total population, 153 females in the population, 146 males in the population, 90 single (never-married) males, 88 single (never-married) females, 68 families, 53 married females, 52 married males, 30.88 area in square miles, 12 widowed females, 8.10 population per square mile, 3 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 90 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 261 persons of British origin (English), 122 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 112 persons of British origin (Irish), 73 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 65 persons of French origin, 54 persons of German origin, 49 persons of Russian origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Italian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 245 Methodists, 145 Presbyterians, 128 Anglicans (Church of England), 127 Roman Catholics, 53 Lutherans, 43 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 24 Baptists, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 68 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123034— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON147017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262497
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). "Oliver, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oliver-on123034-1911/.