Petawawa, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)

Petawawa, W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.852°N, 78.624°W.

Population

In 1871, Petawawa, W-O had a population of 4.

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 Nipissing, 1861 (4.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of NO DATA, 1881 (0.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Petawawa, W-O shared boundaries with:

• Madaouaska, W-O
• Madawaska, E
• Maganetawan
• Mataouan, W-O
• Matawan, S
• Petawawa, Centre
• Petawawa, N
• Petawawa, S

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 9 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 4 males, 4 total population, 2 families. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 4 single males under 18, 4 single persons under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 inhabited houses, 1 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 601,920 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON083007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON083007 — 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 1871 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). "Petawawa, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petawawa-w-o-on083007-1871/.