Draper, Ryde, Oakley, Ontario (1871 census)
Draper, Ryde, Oakley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.969°N, 79.137°W.
Population
In 1871, Draper, Ryde, Oakley had a population of 521: 276 male and 245 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 521 |
| 1881 | 1,794 |
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, Draper, Ryde, Oakley shared boundaries with:
- Carden, Dalton
- Laxton, Digby, Longford
- Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon
- Macaulay
- McLean, Brunel, Kidout, Franklin
- Monck
- Morrison
- Muskoka
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 521 total population, 276 males, 245 females, 184 married persons, 106 families, 94 married males, 90 married females, 15 widowed persons, 8 widowed males, 7 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 322 single persons under 18, 174 single males under 18, 148 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 106 inhabited houses, 106 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 152,440 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON085008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131008— 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). "Draper, Ryde, Oakley, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/draper-ryde-oakley-on085008-1871/.