St. Joseph Island, Ontario (1911 census)
St. Joseph Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,098. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7589251. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.265°N, 84.019°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Joseph Island had a population of 1,098: 186 male and 171 female residents. Population density was 7.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,098 |
| 1921 | 1,017 |
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, St. Joseph Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 93,511 area in acres, 1,098 total population, 186 males in the population, 171 females in the population, 146.11 area in square miles, 121 single (never-married) males, 108 single (never-married) females, 68 families, 59 married females, 59 married males, 7.51 population per square mile, 4 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 2 males with marital status not given. 1,137 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 364 persons of British origin (Irish), 361 persons of British origin (English), 220 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 75 persons of French origin, 32 persons of Dutch origin, 30 persons of German origin, 7 persons of Swiss origin, 6 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 362 Presbyterians, 347 Methodists, 230 Anglicans (Church of England), 140 Roman Catholics, 11 Baptists, 3 Lutherans, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 65 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON102087— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7589251
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph,_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). "St. Joseph Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-joseph-island-on055023-1911/.