Guelph, City—Cité, Ontario (1871 census)
Guelph, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 6,878. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q504114. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.547°N, 80.250°W.
Population
In 1871, Guelph, City—Cité had a population of 6,878: 3,384 male and 3,494 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,860 |
| 1861 | 5,076 |
| 1871 | 6,878 |
| 1881 | 9,890 |
| 1891 | 10,537 |
| 1901 | 11,496 |
| 1911 | 15,175 |
| 1921 | 18,128 |
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, Guelph, City—Cité 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 6,878 total population, 3,494 females, 3,384 males, 2,219 married persons, 1,259 families, 1,113 married males, 1,106 married females, 241 widowed persons, 181 widowed females, 60 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 4,418 single persons under 18, 2,211 single males under 18, 2,207 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,223 occupied houses, 1,212 inhabited houses, 31 houses under construction, 11 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 3,480 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 20 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Gay | 1810–1891 | died here |
| Peter Gow | 1818–1886 | died here |
| William Fletcher Clarke | 1824–1902 | died here |
| Charles Raymond | 1826–1904 | died here |
| John Harvie | 1833–1917 | died here |
| John Belmer Armstrong | 1838–1892 | died here |
| George Sleeman | 1841–1926 | died here |
| David Ross McCord | 1844–1930 | died here |
| Stephen Lett | 1847–1905 | died here |
| Lewis Henry Drummond | 1848–1929 | died here |
| William Johnston | 1848–1885 | died here |
| Jeffry Hall Brock | 1850–1915 | born here |
| Thomas Goldie | 1850–1892 | died here |
| Charles Kingsmill | 1855–1935 | born here |
| William James Thomson | 1857–1927 | born here |
| Dyce Willcocks Saunders | 1862–1930 | born here |
| Robert Rogers | 1863–1936 | died here |
| Lydia Elizabeth Hall | 1864–1916 | died here |
| Thomas Walter Scott | 1867–1938 | died here |
| Lionel Herbert Clarke | d. 1921 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON033003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON152013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q504114
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
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). "Guelph, City—Cité, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/guelph-city-cit-on033003-1871/.