Parry Sound, Town—Ville, Ontario (1901 census)
Parry Sound, Town—Ville was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,884. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.346°N, 80.031°W.
Population
In 1901, Parry Sound, Town—Ville had a population of 2,884: 1,542 male and 1,342 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 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Parry Sound, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 491 |
| Number of females | 1,342 |
| Number of males | 1,542 |
| Number of married females | 478 |
| Number of married males | 493 |
| Number of single females | 818 |
| Number of single males | 1,012 |
| Number of widowed females | 46 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| POP F | 1,342 |
| POP M | 1,542 |
| POP TOT | 2,884 |
| Total population | 2,884 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 475 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 805 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 805 |
| FAMILIES | 491 |
| HOUSES | 475 |
| MARRIED F | 478 |
| MARRIED M | 493 |
| SINGLE F | 818 |
| SINGLE M | 1,012 |
| WIDOWED F | 46 |
| WIDOWED M | 37 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091035— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON091035— 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 Sound, Town—Ville, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parry-sound-town-ville-on091035-1901/.