Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1851–1921)
Cobourg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1007418, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,871 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 4,975 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 4,442 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 4,957 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 4,829 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 4,239 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 5,074 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 5,327 | 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zacheus Burnham | 1777–1857 | died here |
| Robert Henry | 1778–1859 | died here |
| Henry Ruttan | 1792–1871 | died here |
| George Strange Boulton | 1797–1869 | died here |
| William Weller | 1799–1863 | died here |
| Robert Brooking | 1813–1893 | died here |
| Stuart Easton Mackechnie | 1816–1853 | died here |
| Samuel Sobieski Nelles | 1823–1887 | died here |
| Sidney Smith | 1823–1889 | died here |
| John O’Connor | 1824–1887 | died here |
| William Henry King | 1833–1859 | died here |
| Thomas Moss | 1836–1881 | born here |
| Sir Charles Moss | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Caleb Alvord Mallory | 1841–1926 | born and died here |
| Charles Arkoll Boulton | 1841–1899 | born here |
| Henry Norlande Ruttan | 1848–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132012_1911— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1007418
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg_(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.