Bothwell, Town—Ville, Ontario (1871 census)

Name: Bothwell, Town—Ville (1871)
Address: Ontario, CA

Bothwell, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 995. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.632°N, 81.878°W.

Population

In 1871, Bothwell, Town—Ville had a population of 995: 507 male and 488 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Zone, 1861 (2.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Bothwell, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Zone

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 995 total population, 507 males, 488 females, 316 married persons, 189 families, 158 married females, 158 married males, 24 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 655 single persons under 18, 342 single males under 18, 313 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 189 inhabited houses, 189 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,150 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON003005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON003005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q115134599
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothwell,_Ontario

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). "Bothwell, Town—Ville, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bothwell-town-ville-on003005-1871/.