Prince, Ontario (1911 census)
Prince was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 213. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262623. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.562°N, 84.527°W.
Population
In 1911, Prince had a population of 213: 12 male and 514 female residents. Population density was 6.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 207 |
| 1911 | 213 |
| 1921 | 183 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Prince shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 21,034 area in acres, 514 females in the population, 307 single (never-married) females, 255 families, 213 total population, 185 married females, 32.87 area in square miles, 22 widowed females, 12 males in the population, 10 single (never-married) males, 6.48 population per square mile, 2 widowed males. 207 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 64 persons of British origin (English), 60 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 35 persons of British origin (Irish), 33 persons of French origin, 10 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 7 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 85 Methodists, 61 Roman Catholics, 38 Presbyterians, 13 Anglicans (Church of England), 6 Salvation Army adherents, 5 Baptists, 5 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 242 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON102073— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262623
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). "Prince, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/prince-on055021-1911/.