Hungerford, Ontario (1871 census)

Hungerford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,633. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.461°N, 77.245°W.

Population

In 1871, Hungerford had a population of 4,633: 2,437 male and 2,196 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Hungerford shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
• Huntingdon
• Kaladar, Anglesea
• Madoc
• Richmond
• Sheffield
• Tyendinaga

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 4,633 total population, 2,437 males, 2,196 females, 1,393 married persons, 785 families, 698 married males, 695 married females, 125 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 3,115 single persons under 18, 1,697 single males under 18, 1,418 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 782 inhabited houses, 782 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 96,080 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON061003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON073002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261809

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). "Hungerford, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hungerford-on061003-1871/.