Year: 1871
| Province: Ontario
Amherst Island, Ontario (1871 census)
Amherst Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,189. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.144°N, 76.718°W.
Population
In 1871, Amherst Island had a population of 1,189: 593 male and 596 female residents. Population density was 44.1 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).
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of families | 208 |
| Number of females | 596 |
| Number of males | 593 |
| Number of married females | 181 |
| Number of married males | 180 |
| Number of married persons | 361 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 52 |
| Total population | 1,189 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 373 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 403 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 776 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 208 |
| Number of occupied houses | 208 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BAR BU | 30,390 |
| BWT BU | 295 |
| CRN BU | 2,402 |
| HAY AC | 1,448 |
| HAY TONS | 916 |
| OAT BU | 21,746 |
| PEA BU | 9,673 |
| POT AC | 185 |
| POT BU | 11,720 |
| RYE BU | 1,505 |
| Total area (acres) | 16,830 |
| WHT SP BU | 16,161 |
| WHT WTR BU | 10 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| ACRES | 1,568 |
| AREA | 16,830 |
| BEING BUILT | 6 |
| BEN BU | 34 |
| CD | 63 |
| CSD | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 208 |
| FEMALE | 596 |
| GRA BU | 337 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 208 |
| INHABITED | 208 |
| MALE | 593 |
| MARRIED F | 181 |
| MARRIED M | 180 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 361 |
| POPULATION | 1,189 |
| ROOT BU | 506 |
| SINGLE F | 373 |
| SINGLE M | 403 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 776 |
| TUR BU | 4 |
| UNINHABITED | 3 |
| WIDOWED F | 42 |
| WIDOWED M | 10 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 52 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON063006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125002 — 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). "Amherst Island, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherst-island-on063006-1871/.