Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff, Ontario (1871 census)

Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.841°N, 78.140°W.

Population

In 1871, Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff had a population of 721: 400 male and 321 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Burleigh, Anstruther & Chandos, 1881 (61.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cardiff, 1881 (22.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Monmouth, 1881 (16.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff shared boundaries with:

• Belmont, Methuen
• Dummer
• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harbum, Bruton
• Faraday, Dungannon
• Galway, Cavendish
• Harvey
• Herschel, Monteagle, McClure, Wicklow, Bangor
• Marmora, Lake
• Smith
• Snowden, Glamorgan
• Tudor, Wollaston, Limerick, Cashel

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 721 total population, 400 males, 321 females, 229 married persons, 127 families, 119 married females, 110 married males, 10 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 482 single persons under 18, 286 single males under 18, 196 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 127 inhabited houses, 127 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 340,731 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON058003 — 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). "Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burleigh-anstruther-monmouth-chandos-cardiff-on058003-1871/.