Dumfries, N, Ontario (1871 census)

Dumfries, N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,951. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q252504. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.329°N, 80.374°W.

Population

In 1871, Dumfries, N had a population of 3,951: 2,038 male and 1,913 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Dumfries, N shared boundaries with:

• Beverley
• Blenheim
• Dumfries, S
• Galt, Town—Ville
• Puslinch
• Waterloo S
• Wilmot

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 3,951 total population, 2,038 males, 1,913 females, 1,165 married persons, 697 families, 585 married males, 580 married females, 160 widowed persons, 105 widowed females, 55 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,626 single persons under 18, 1,398 single males under 18, 1,228 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 677 inhabited houses, 677 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 44,600 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON031003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON031003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q252504
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dumfries

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). "Dumfries, N, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dumfries-n-on031003-1871/.