Barton, Ontario (1851–1921)
Barton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. Population grew substantially across the period (from 1,735 in 1851 to 10,165 in 1921).
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- later split into Hamilton c pt in 1911
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,735 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 2,811 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 2,865 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,525 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 4,997 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 3,620 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 4,410 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 10,165 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 28 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Land | 1772–1867 | died here |
| James Gage | 1774–1854 | died here |
| Adam Ferrie | 1777–1863 | died here |
| Andrew Steven | 1789–1861 | died here |
| Edward John Gordon | 1791–1870 | died here |
| William Lawson | 1793–1875 | died here |
| Allan Napier MacNab | 1798–1862 | died here |
| Edward Jackson | 1799–1872 | died here |
| William Craigie | 1799–1863 | died here |
| Alexander Gale | 1800–1854 | died here |
| Alfred Booker | 1800–1857 | died here |
| Gerald O’Reilly | 1806–1861 | died here |
| Samuel Sylvester Mills | 1806–1874 | born and died here |
| Colin Campbell Ferrie | 1808–1856 | died here |
| John Young | 1808–1873 | died here |
| William Paterson McLaren | 1810–1866 | died here |
| James Brennan | 1812–1866 | died here |
| Samuel Zimmerman | 1815–1857 | died here |
| Robert Reid Smiley | 1817–1855 | died here |
| John Farrell | 1820–1873 | died here |
| Joseph Rymal | 1821–1900 | born and died here |
| Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr. | 1827–1885 | born here |
| Adeline Davis | 1844–1919 | born here |
| Charles O’Reilly | 1846–1920 | born here |
| Katie McVicar | 1856–1886 | born here |
| Robert Calver Fearman | 1858–1922 | born here |
| William Blair Bruce | 1859–1906 | born here |
| John Charles Fields | 1863–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON153002_1921— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: not yet grounded.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.