White River, Ontario (1901 census)
White River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 831. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7995266. 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 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 831 total population, 420 females, 411 males, 245 single males, 241 single females, 210 families, 147 married males, 136 married females, 43 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 95 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
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: Q7995266
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/.