Rutherford, Ontario (1911 census)
Rutherford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 320. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.933°N, 81.990°W.
Population
In 1911, Rutherford had a population of 320: 212 male and 208 female residents. Population density was 5.0 people per square mile.
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 was contained in Killarney, 1901 (9.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Rutherford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 53,468 area in acres, 320 total population, 212 males in the population, 208 females in the population, 139 single (never-married) males, 131 single (never-married) females, 83.54 area in square miles, 83 families, 75 married females, 72 married males, 5.03 population per square mile, 2 widowed females, 1 widowed males. 1,217 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 181 persons of French origin, 63 persons of British origin (English), 31 persons of British origin (Irish), 22 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of German origin. 22 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 283 Roman Catholics, 11 Presbyterians, 10 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Baptists, 5 Methodists, 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 82 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054047— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054047— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262737
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). "Rutherford, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rutherford-on054047-1911/.