Petewawa, Ontario (1911 census)
Petewawa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,020. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.889°N, 77.318°W.
Population
In 1911, Petewawa had a population of 1,020: 423 male and 362 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Petewawa shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,020 total population, 423 males in the population, 362 females in the population, 286 single (never-married) males, 211 single (never-married) females, 135 families, 132 married females, 129 married males, 19 widowed females, 8 widowed males. 1,060 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 603 persons of British origin (Irish), 162 persons of French origin, 129 persons of German origin, 70 persons of British origin (English), 47 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 343 Anglicans (Church of England), 242 Roman Catholics, 164 Methodists, 150 Presbyterians, 110 Lutherans, 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 129 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON116009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON116009— 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). "Petewawa, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petewawa-on116009-1911/.