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Chatham, Town—Ville — 1881 census geography (ON)

This page identifies a census boundary representation. Source-table records below retain their own reporting-unit identity and geographic qualifications.

Map snapshot identifier
ON180009_1881
Source boundary identifier
ON180009
Census vintage
1881
Source label
Chatham, Town—Ville
Province code
ON
District label
Kent
Level
csd
Representation class
E93_Presence

Census continuity group: Chatham, Town—Ville

TCP UID: ON180009

Census source records

No source row has a supported or candidate endpoint here in the current assessment. This does not mean the population was zero.

Boundary intersections across censuses

These are computed polygon intersections in the equal-area CRS ESRI:102001. Fractions describe the area of the earlier and later polygons, respectively. They do not establish historical succession, and population has not been apportioned by area. All positive intersections are retained, including very small contributions.

Other census representationYears (earlier → later)Overlap (m²)Fraction of earlier areaFraction of later areaEvidence
Raleigh · 18711871 → 1881900369.87238448150.00298005667307328160.36832414322847884PARTIAL_OVERLAPHistorical succession verified: False
Chatham, Town—Ville · 18711871 → 18811544134.21168786520.220579533039240520.6316758567715023PARTIAL_OVERLAPHistorical succession verified: False
Chatham, Town—Ville · 18911881 → 18912444504.08407239240.99999999999999980.9999999999999998APPROXIMATELY_EQUAL_EXTENTHistorical succession verified: False

Continuity assessments

Area separations

Earlier areaContinuing areaSeparate areaRetained fractionSeparated fractionComparison status
Raleigh · 1871Raleigh · 1881Chatham, Town—Ville0.99701994331670840.0029800566730732later_totals_require_geographic_reconciliation

People and biographical connections

These published connections come from the separate LINCS / Dictionary of Canadian Biography layer. A life event or overlapping lifespan does not establish residence at a census date. The association remains attached to this published page; it is not assigned to every revised census group.

NameLifespanConnection
Alexander Rocke Robertson1841–1881born here
Robert Gray1862–1929born here

Individual records from the 1881 census

The individual census transcription is a separate dataset. Existing person citation anchors and the published geographic grouping are preserved. These records are not population totals derived from the rebuilt aggregate tables.

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