South River, VL, Ontario (1911 census)
South River, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 593. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.744°N, 79.412°W.
Population
In 1911, South River, VL had a population of 593: 348 male and 311 female residents. Population density was 9.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 593 |
| 1921 | 573 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Machar, 1901 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, South River, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 45,086 area in acres, 593 total population, 348 males in the population, 311 females in the population, 201 single (never-married) males, 181 single (never-married) females, 145 families, 106 married females, 106 married males, 70.45 area in square miles, 34 males with marital status not given, 13 females with marital status not given, 11 widowed females, 9.35 population per square mile, 7 widowed males. 768 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 232 persons of British origin (English), 163 persons of British origin (Irish), 106 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 44 persons of German origin, 23 persons of Dutch origin, 13 persons of French origin, 4 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 196 Presbyterians, 152 Anglicans (Church of England), 139 Methodists, 66 Roman Catholics, 14 Brethren, 10 Baptists, 6 Congregationalists, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Friends (Quakers), 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 145 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON108039— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON135054— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3492521
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_River,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_River_(Ontario)
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). "South River, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/south-river-vl-on108039-1911/.