Arran, Ontario (1871 census)

Arran was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,780. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.463°N, 81.213°W.

Population

In 1871, Arran had a population of 3,780: 1,945 male and 1,835 female residents.

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 contained Tara, VL, 1881 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Arran shared boundaries with:

• Amabel
• Derby
• Elderslie
• Saugeen
• Southampton, T-V
• Sullivan

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 3,780 total population, 1,945 males, 1,835 females, 1,117 married persons, 616 families, 562 married females, 555 married males, 55 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,608 single persons under 18, 1,369 single males under 18, 1,239 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 612 inhabited houses, 612 occupied houses, 54 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 54,960 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON028005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104003_1881 — 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). "Arran, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arran-on028005-1871/.