Pearl, Ontario (1911 census)

Name: Pearl (1911)
Address: Ontario, CA

Pearl was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,242. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.668°N, 88.703°W.

Population

In 1911, Pearl had a population of 1,242: 27 male and 19 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Pearl shared boundaries with:

McTavish

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,242 total population, 27 males in the population, 19 females in the population, 18 single (never-married) males, 14 families, 11 single (never-married) females, 9 married males, 8 married females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 403 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 293 persons of British origin (English), 178 persons of British origin (Irish), 148 persons of French origin, 88 persons of Scandinavian origin, 33 persons of German origin, 27 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 11 persons of Dutch origin, 4 persons of Chinese origin, 3 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 510 Presbyterians, 225 Roman Catholics, 221 Anglicans (Church of England), 159 Methodists, 98 Lutherans, 49 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Baptists, 2 Congregationalists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 13 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON123058 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123058 — 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). "Pearl, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pearl-on123058-1911/.