Gravenhurst, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881–1921)

Gravenhurst, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in 5 censuses between 1881 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q937901, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from Muskoka in 1881

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129025 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q937901

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.