Brockville, T-V, Ontario (1851–1921)
Brockville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in 4 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q34047, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 3,236 in 1851 to 10,043 in 1921).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- incorporates territory from Brockville, East Ward—Quartier in 1911
- incorporates territory from Brockville, West Ward—Quartier in 1911
- incorporates territory from Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier in 1911
- incorporates territory from Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord in 1911
Descendant places
- later split into Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier in 1871
- later split into Brockville, West Ward—Quartier in 1871
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,236 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 4,112 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1911 | 9,374 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 10,043 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 11 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Buell, Jr. | 1792–1862 | born here |
| Donald Aeneas MacDonell | 1794–1879 | died here |
| Andrew Norton Buell | 1798–1880 | born here |
| Billa Flint | 1805–1894 | born here |
| Samuel Keefer | 1811–1890 | died here |
| Sir William Buell Richards | 1815–1889 | born here |
| Christopher Finlay Fraser | 1839–1894 | born here |
| James Morrow Walsh | 1840–1905 | died here |
| Henry J. (Henry James) Morgan | 1842–1913 | died here |
| William Robert Bell | 1845–1913 | born here |
| George Taylor Fulford | 1852–1905 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON124011— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q34047
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville_(Ontario)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.