Guelph, City—Cité, Ontario (1891–1901)
Guelph, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in 2 censuses between 1891 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q504114, 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 Guelph, Town—Ville in 1891
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 10,537 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 11,496 | View 1901 detail → |
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 6 people 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Gay | 1810–1891 | died here |
| William Fletcher Clarke | 1824–1902 | died here |
| Charles Raymond | 1826–1904 | died here |
| John Belmer Armstrong | 1838–1892 | died here |
| Stephen Lett | 1847–1905 | died here |
| Thomas Goldie | 1850–1892 | died here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126005_1891— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q504114
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph
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.