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Berlin, Town—Ville — 1881 census geography (ON)

This page identifies a census boundary representation. Source-table records below retain their own reporting-unit identity and geographic qualifications.

Map snapshot identifier
ON162005_1881
Source boundary identifier
ON162005
Census vintage
1881
Source label
Berlin, Town—Ville
Province code
ON
District label
Waterloo, North—Nord
Level
csd
Representation class
E93_Presence

Census continuity group: Berlin, Town—Ville

TCP UID: ON162005

Census source records

No source row has a supported or candidate endpoint here in the current assessment. This does not mean the population was zero.

Boundary intersections across censuses

These are computed polygon intersections in the equal-area CRS ESRI:102001. Fractions describe the area of the earlier and later polygons, respectively. They do not establish historical succession, and population has not been apportioned by area. All positive intersections are retained, including very small contributions.

Other census representationYears (earlier → later)Overlap (m²)Fraction of earlier areaFraction of later areaEvidence
Berlin, Town—Ville · 18711871 → 188113017388.2412884220.99999999999999990.9999999999999999APPROXIMATELY_EQUAL_EXTENTHistorical succession verified: False
Berlin, Town—Ville · 18911881 → 18911815767.186963250.139487826075895740.7345881159917386PARTIAL_OVERLAPHistorical succession verified: False
Waterloo · 18911881 → 1891593693.9996279590.045607766214184670.0035193781956047217PARTIAL_OVERLAPHistorical succession verified: False
Waterloo, Town—Ville · 18911881 → 189110607927.0546971280.81490440770991290.7407096673312089PARTIAL_OVERLAPHistorical succession verified: False

Continuity assessments

People and biographical connections

These published connections come from the separate LINCS / Dictionary of Canadian Biography layer. A life event or overlapping lifespan does not establish residence at a census date. The association remains attached to this published page; it is not assigned to every revised census group.

NameLifespanConnection
Jacob Yost Shantz1822–1909born here
John Motz1830–1911died here
Homer Ransford Watson1855–1936born and died here
Robert Hobson1861–1926born here
Archibald MacMechan1862–1933born here
William Lyon Mackenzie King1874–1950born here

Individual records from the 1881 census

The individual census transcription is a separate dataset. Existing person citation anchors and the published geographic grouping are preserved. These records are not population totals derived from the rebuilt aggregate tables.

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