Oneida, Ontario (1911 census)
Oneida was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,056. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.006°N, 79.973°W.
Population
In 1911, Oneida had a population of 2,056: 1,089 male and 967 female residents. Population density was 31.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,817 |
| 1861 | 3,050 |
| 1871 | 3,183 |
| 1881 | 2,863 |
| 1891 | 2,400 |
| 1901 | 2,023 |
| 1911 | 2,056 |
| 1921 | 1,377 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Oneida, 1921 (80.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian reserves, 1921 (19.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Oneida shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 42,486 area in acres, 2,056 total population, 1,089 males in the population, 967 females in the population, 658 single (never-married) males, 532 single (never-married) females, 492 families, 366 married females, 366 married males, 66.38 area in square miles, 64 widowed females, 53 widowed males, 30.97 population per square mile, 12 males with marital status not given, 5 females with marital status not given. 2,023 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 532 persons of British origin (English), 482 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 329 persons of British origin (Irish), 77 persons of German origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 4 persons of Dutch origin, 3 persons of French origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin. 580 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). 6 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 685 Presbyterians, 677 Methodists, 285 Anglicans (Church of England), 118 Baptists, 92 Roman Catholics, 36 Adventists, 34 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 159 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 475 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Byron Edmund Walker | 1848–1924 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON075006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115006_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262501
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). "Oneida, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oneida-on075006-1911/.