Brighton, Ontario (1871 census)
Brighton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.119°N, 77.758°W.
Population
In 1871, Brighton had a population of 3,734: 1,891 male and 1,843 female residents. Population density was 44.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,725 |
| 1861 | 3,713 |
| 1871 | 3,734 |
| 1881 | 3,470 |
| 1891 | 3,017 |
| 1901 | 2,774 |
| 1911 | 2,439 |
| 1921 | 2,247 |
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 Brighton, 1861 (93.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Brighton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 726 |
| Number of females | 1,843 |
| Number of males | 1,891 |
| Number of married females | 666 |
| Number of married males | 658 |
| Number of married persons | 1,324 |
| Number of widowed females | 59 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 86 |
| Total population | 3,734 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,118 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,206 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,324 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 720 |
| Number of occupied houses | 720 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 27,879 |
| BWT BU | 17,658 |
| CRN BU | 9,134 |
| HAY AC | 4,477 |
| HAY TONS | 4,889 |
| OAT BU | 45,942 |
| PEA BU | 45,888 |
| POT AC | 555 |
| POT BU | 58,769 |
| RYE BU | 7,269 |
| Total area (acres) | 51,549 |
| WHT SP BU | 43,064 |
| WHT WTR BU | 10,310 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 4,488 |
| AREA | 51,549 |
| BEING BUILT | 5 |
| BEN BU | 799 |
| CD | 55 |
| CSD | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 726 |
| FEMALE | 1,843 |
| GRA BU | 842 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 720 |
| INHABITED | 720 |
| MALE | 1,891 |
| MARRIED F | 666 |
| MARRIED M | 658 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 1,324 |
| POPULATION | 3,734 |
| ROOT BU | 3,911 |
| SINGLE F | 1,118 |
| SINGLE M | 1,206 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 2,324 |
| TUR BU | 7,784 |
| UNINHABITED | 6 |
| WIDOWED F | 59 |
| WIDOWED M | 27 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 86 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132002— 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). "Brighton, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-on055003-1871/.