Carden, Dalton, Ontario (1871 census)
Carden, Dalton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,027. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.697°N, 79.076°W.
Population
In 1871, Carden, Dalton had a population of 1,027: 543 male and 484 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 Carden, 1861 (50.8% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Dalton, 1861 (49.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Carden, 1881 (54.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dalton, 1881 (45.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Carden, Dalton 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 1,027 total population, 543 males, 484 females, 288 married persons, 167 families, 144 married females, 144 married males, 25 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 714 single persons under 18, 391 single males under 18, 323 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 164 inhabited houses, 164 occupied houses, 7 houses under construction, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 90,314 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON053003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON053003— 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). "Carden, Dalton, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/carden-dalton-on053003-1871/.