Smith, Ontario (1901 census)

Smith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,944. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262856. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.439°N, 78.319°W.

Population

In 1901, Smith had a population of 2,944: 1,515 male and 1,429 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Smith shared boundaries with:

• Ashburnham, Village
• Burleigh & Anstruther
• Douro
• Dummer
• Emily
• Ennismore
• Harvey
• Monaghan, North—Nord

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,944 total population, 1,515 males, 1,429 females, 913 single males, 817 single females, 626 families, 568 married males, 558 married females, 54 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 608 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 64,516 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON107005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262856

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Smith, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/smith-on107005-1901/.