Colborne, Village, Ontario (1871 census)
Colborne, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.008°N, 77.885°W.
Population
In 1871, Colborne, Village had a population of 823: 402 male and 421 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 806 |
| 1871 | 823 |
| 1881 | 1,079 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 1,017 |
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, Colborne, Village 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 823 total population, 421 females, 402 males, 298 married persons, 167 families, 150 married females, 148 married males, 36 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 489 single persons under 18, 247 single males under 18, 242 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 158 inhabited houses, 158 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,232 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095004— 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). "Colborne, Village, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/colborne-village-on055002-1871/.