Brighton, Township, Ontario (1871 census)
Brighton, Township was a township in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,734. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.119°N, 77.758°W.
Population
In 1871, Brighton, Township had a population of 3,734: 1,891 male and 1,843 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 Brighton, 1861 (93.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Brighton, Township shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 3,734 total population, 1,891 males, 1,843 females, 1,324 married persons, 726 families, 666 married females, 658 married males, 86 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,324 single persons under 18, 1,206 single males under 18, 1,118 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 720 inhabited houses, 720 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 51,549 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON055003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2925383
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_(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). "Brighton, Township, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-township-on055003-1871/.