Wolfe Island, Ontario (1911 census)

Wolfe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 150. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1911, Wolfe Island had a population of 150: 826 male and 786 female residents. Population density was 29.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Wolfe Island, 1921 (0.2% share).

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 34,806 area in acres, 826 males in the population, 786 females in the population, 526 single (never-married) males, 457 single (never-married) females, 373 families, 273 married females, 273 married males, 150 total population, 56 widowed females, 54.38 area in square miles, 29.64 population per square mile, 25 widowed males, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,796 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 77 persons of French origin, 33 persons of British origin (Irish), 28 persons of British origin (English), 9 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 86 Roman Catholics, 40 Anglicans (Church of England), 12 Methodists, 7 Baptists, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Presbyterians, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 372 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON069018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q680569
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-on069018-1911/.