Arthur, Ontario (1871 census)
Arthur was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,376. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.911°N, 80.649°W.
Population
In 1871, Arthur had a population of 4,376: 2,255 male and 2,121 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Arthur, Village, 1881 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Arthur shared boundaries with:
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 4,376 total population, 2,255 males, 2,121 females, 1,268 married persons, 760 families, 640 married males, 628 married females, 98 widowed persons, 68 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 3,010 single persons under 18, 1,585 single males under 18, 1,425 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 758 inhabited houses, 758 occupied houses, 17 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 68,127 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON035004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON035004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260727
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). "Arthur, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arthur-on035004-1871/.