Transcontinental Ry, Ontario (1911 census)
Transcontinental Ry was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,000. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.228°N, 82.756°W.
Population
In 1911, Transcontinental Ry had a population of 1,000: 66 male and 39 female residents. Population density was 3.1 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 NO DATA, 1901 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1921 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Transcontinental Ry shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 21,316 area in acres, 1,000 total population, 66 males in the population, 46 single (never-married) males, 39 females in the population, 33.30 area in square miles, 24 single (never-married) females, 20 married males, 14 families, 12 married females, 3.15 population per square mile, 3 widowed females. 9 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 191 persons of Italian origin, 140 persons of French origin, 139 persons of Russian origin, 118 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 107 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 86 persons of British origin (English), 81 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 63 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of Polish origin, 10 persons of German origin, 10 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Greek origin. 25 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 510 Roman Catholics, 253 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 96 Anglicans (Church of England), 83 Presbyterians, 25 Methodists, 16 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 14 Lutherans, 9 Baptists, 5 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 2 Congregationalists, 1 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 14 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054053— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054053— 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). "Transcontinental Ry, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/transcontinental-ry-on054053-1911/.