Sombra & Walpole Is, Ontario (1911 census)

Sombra & Walpole Is was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,774. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.643°N, 82.416°W.

Population

In 1911, Sombra & Walpole Is had a population of 4,774: 2,527 male and 2,247 female residents. Population density was 30.8 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Sombra, 1921 (65.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Sombra & Walpole Is shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Chatham
• Dawn
• Dover E } Dover W-O
• Moore

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 99,123 area in acres, 4,774 total population, 2,527 males in the population, 2,247 females in the population, 1,556 single (never-married) males, 1,230 single (never-married) females, 1,066 families, 851 married males, 850 married females, 154.88 area in square miles, 144 widowed females, 95 widowed males, 30.82 population per square mile, 22 females with marital status not given, 21 males with marital status not given, 4 divorced males, 1 divorced females. 5,231 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 1,349 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,285 persons of British origin (English), 853 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 280 persons of French origin, 114 persons of German origin, 79 persons of Dutch origin, 11 persons of Belgian origin, 10 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Scandinavian origin. 773 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 1,873 Methodists, 937 Anglicans (Church of England), 836 Presbyterians, 760 Roman Catholics, 267 Baptists, 31 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 16 Mormons (Latter-day Saints), 15 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 13 Brethren, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 6 Friends (Quakers), 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Mennonites, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 14 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,035 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON088005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON088005 — 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). "Sombra & Walpole Is, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sombra-walpole-is-on088005-1911/.