Porcupine North & South, Ontario (1911 census)
Porcupine North & South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 5,391. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.486°N, 83.520°W.
Population
In 1911, Porcupine North & South had a population of 5,391: 4 male and 6 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Musgrove, 1921 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Robb, 1921 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Jamieson, 1921 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Porcupine North & South shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 23,654 area in acres, 5,391 total population, 36.96 area in square miles, 6 females in the population, 5 single (never-married) females, 4 males in the population, 3 single (never-married) males, 1 families, 1 married females, 1 married males. 7 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 1,214 persons of French origin, 1,029 persons of British origin (Irish), 693 persons of British origin (English), 640 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 599 persons of Russian origin, 340 persons of Italian origin, 237 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 107 persons of Scandinavian origin, 100 persons of German origin, 78 persons of Polish origin, 57 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 20 persons of Chinese origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 6 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Greek origin, 4 persons of Swiss origin. 67 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 43 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). 3 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,978 Roman Catholics, 469 Anglicans (Church of England), 444 Presbyterians, 280 Lutherans, 276 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 203 Salvation Army adherents, 202 Methodists, 149 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 139 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 109 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 67 Jews, 26 Baptists, 11 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Disciples of Christ, 1 Brethren, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054045— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054045— 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). "Porcupine North & South, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/porcupine-north-south-on054045-1911/.