Wallbridge, Ontario (1911 census)

Wallbridge was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,627. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 79.619°W.

Population

In 1911, Wallbridge had a population of 1,627: 145 male and 134 female residents. Population density was 3.5 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 Wallbridge & Brown, 1901 (55.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Wallbridge S, 1921 (56.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wallbridge N, 1921 (39.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Wallbridge shared boundaries with:

• Cardwell
• Christie
• French River vl
• Ryerson
• Strong

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 51,100 area in acres, 1,627 total population, 145 males in the population, 134 females in the population, 89 single (never-married) males, 79.83 area in square miles, 75 single (never-married) females, 63 families, 50 married females, 50 married males, 9 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 3.49 population per square mile, 1 males with marital status not given. 350 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 948 persons of French origin, 189 persons of British origin (English), 172 persons of British origin (Irish), 120 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 71 persons of German origin, 34 persons of Polish origin, 27 persons of Italian origin, 11 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 1 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 1,160 Roman Catholics, 197 Anglicans (Church of England), 163 Presbyterians, 63 Methodists, 41 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 10 Disciples of Christ, 6 Lutherans, 5 Baptists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 61 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON108029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108029 — 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). "Wallbridge, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wallbridge-on108029-1911/.