Belleville, C, Ontario (1851–1921)
Belleville, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in 6 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q34227, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 4,569 in 1851 to 12,206 in 1921).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from Belleville c in 1921
Descendant places
- merged into Belleville c in 1911
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,569 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 6,277 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1881 | 9,516 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 9,916 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 9,117 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1921 | 12,206 | 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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Henry | 1791–1860 | died here |
| J.W. Dunbar (John Wedderburn Dunbar) Moodie | 1797–1869 | died here |
| George Benjamin | 1799–1864 | died here |
| Henry Corby | 1806–1881 | died here |
| St George Baron Le Poer Crozier | 1814–1892 | died here |
| Wellington Jeffers | 1814–1896 | died here |
| Lewis Wallbridge | 1816–1887 | born here |
| Sir Mackenzie Bowell | 1823–1917 | died here |
| Abraham Diamond | 1828–1880 | died here |
| William Canniff | 1830–1910 | died here |
| Alexander Milton Ross | 1832–1897 | born here |
| David Volume Sinclair | 1864–1922 | died here |
| James Bertram Collip | 1892–1965 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON118025— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q34227
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville_(Ontario)
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.