Camden, Ontario (1871 census)

Camden was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 5,792. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5025760. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.402°N, 76.891°W.

Population

In 1871, Camden had a population of 5,792: 2,941 male and 2,851 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Camden shared boundaries with:

• Ernestown
• Fredericksburgh N
• Hinchinbrooke
• Hungerford
• Newburg, Village
• Portland
• Richmond
• Sheffield

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 5,792 total population, 2,941 males, 2,851 females, 1,864 married persons, 1,039 families, 934 married males, 930 married females, 168 widowed persons, 106 widowed females, 62 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 3,760 single persons under 18, 1,945 single males under 18, 1,815 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,024 occupied houses, 1,022 inhabited houses, 54 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 93,600 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON064001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON101004_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5025760
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_East

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). "Camden, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/camden-on064001-1871/.