Dumfries, S, Ontario (1871 census)
Dumfries, S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,468. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.233°N, 80.333°W.
Population
In 1871, Dumfries, S had a population of 3,468: 1,788 male and 1,680 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 contained Dumfries S, 1881 (82.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Dumfries, S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 3,468 total population, 1,788 males, 1,680 females, 1,084 married persons, 622 families, 542 married females, 542 married males, 133 widowed persons, 90 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,251 single persons under 18, 1,203 single males under 18, 1,048 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 612 occupied houses, 593 inhabited houses, 19 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 14 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 48,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON016001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON016001— 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). "Dumfries, S, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dumfries-s-on016001-1871/.