Brighton, Village, Ontario (1871 census)
Brighton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,357. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.039°N, 77.740°W.
Population
In 1871, Brighton, Village had a population of 1,357: 680 male and 677 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 contained Brighton, Village, 1861 (15.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Brighton, Village 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 1,357 total population, 680 males, 677 females, 469 married persons, 263 families, 235 married females, 234 married males, 53 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 835 single persons under 18, 432 single males under 18, 403 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 258 inhabited houses, 258 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,670 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON055004— 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, Village, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-village-on055004-1871/.