Parry Island, Ontario (1901 census)

Name: Parry Island (1901)
Address: Ontario, CA

Parry Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.294°N, 80.147°W.

Population

In 1901, Parry Island had a population of 807: 430 male and 377 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 McDougall, Parry Sound (Town—Ville) & Parry Island, 1891 (31.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Conger & Cowper, 1911 (20.6% share).
In a later year, this CSD contained Depot Harbour vl, 1911 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 807 total population, 430 males, 377 females, 261 single males, 211 single females, 173 families, 163 married males, 148 married females, 18 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 162 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 1,679 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON091050 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON091050 — 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). "Parry Island, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parry-island-on091050-1901/.