Bath, VL, Ontario (1871 census)

Bath, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 601. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.185°N, 76.788°W.

Population

In 1871, Bath, VL had a population of 601: 288 male and 313 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ernestown, 1861 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Bath, VL shared boundaries with:

• Ernestown

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 601 total population, 313 females, 288 males, 191 married persons, 116 families, 96 married males, 95 married females, 24 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 386 single persons under 18, 199 single females under 18, 187 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 115 inhabited houses, 115 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,101 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON063008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125008_1911 — 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). "Bath, VL, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bath-vl-on063008-1871/.