Cornwall, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)
Cornwall, East Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 490. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.022°N, 74.722°W.
Population
In 1871, Cornwall, East Ward—Quartier had a population of 490: 240 male and 250 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Cornwall, Centre Ward—Quartier, 1881 (57.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Cornwall, East Ward—Quartier 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 490 total population, 250 females, 240 males, 124 married persons, 87 families, 62 married females, 62 married males, 27 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 339 single persons under 18, 171 single females under 18, 168 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 87 inhabited houses, 87 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 452 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON073003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON073003— 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). "Cornwall, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cornwall-east-ward-quartier-on073003-1871/.