White River, Ontario (1901 census)
White River was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 831. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.583°N, 85.261°W.
Population
In 1901, White River had a population of 831: 411 male and 420 female residents.
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 Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber, 1891 (18.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, White River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 210 |
| Number of females | 420 |
| Number of males | 411 |
| Number of married females | 136 |
| Number of married males | 147 |
| Number of single females | 241 |
| Number of single males | 245 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| POP F | 420 |
| POP M | 411 |
| POP TOT | 831 |
| Total population | 831 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 95 |
Other recorded variables (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAMILIES | 210 |
| HOUSES | 95 |
| MARRIED F | 136 |
| MARRIED M | 147 |
| SINGLE F | 241 |
| SINGLE M | 245 |
| WIDOWED F | 43 |
| WIDOWED M | 19 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON044078— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044078— 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 1901 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). "White River, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/white-river-on044078-1901/.