Kennebec, Ontario (1871 census)
Kennebec was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 802. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.717°N, 76.981°W.
Population
In 1871, Kennebec had a population of 802: 426 male and 376 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 429 |
| 1871 | 802 |
| 1881 | 1,149 |
| 1891 | 1,428 |
| 1901 | 1,404 |
| 1911 | 1,045 |
| 1921 | 928 |
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, Kennebec shared boundaries with:
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 802 total population, 426 males, 376 females, 251 married persons, 129 families, 126 married females, 125 married males, 5 widowed males, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed persons. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 543 single persons under 18, 296 single males under 18, 247 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 127 occupied houses, 125 inhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 69,120 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON064007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON111007_1871— 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). "Kennebec, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kennebec-on064007-1871/.