Picnic Island, Ontario (1911 census)
Picnic Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 228. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.144°N, 81.998°W.
Population
In 1911, Picnic Island had a population of 228: 46 male and 35 female residents. Population density was 2.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 68 |
| 1911 | 228 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Picnic Island, 1901 (20.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Algoma Eastern Railway - Goat Island to boundary of Sudbury, 1921 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1921 (83.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Picnic Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,481 area in acres, 228 total population, 46 males in the population, 36.69 area in square miles, 35 females in the population, 32 single (never-married) males, 22 single (never-married) females, 17 families, 13 married females, 13 married males, 2.21 population per square mile, 1 males with marital status not given. 63 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 56 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 34 persons of French origin, 32 persons of British origin (English), 19 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 17 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 2 persons of Dutch origin. 47 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 103 Roman Catholics, 49 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 31 Methodists, 27 Presbyterians, 13 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 11 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 17 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054044— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054044— 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). "Picnic Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/picnic-island-on054044-1911/.