Kincardine, Ontario (1871 census)
Kincardine was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,097. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.187°N, 81.525°W.
Population
In 1871, Kincardine had a population of 4,097: 2,114 male and 1,983 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Tiverton, VL, 1881 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Kincardine 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 4,097 total population, 2,114 males, 1,983 females, 1,145 married persons, 658 families, 573 married males, 572 married females, 107 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,845 single persons under 18, 1,511 single males under 18, 1,334 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 657 inhabited houses, 657 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 60,829 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON027005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON027005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261919
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). "Kincardine, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kincardine-on027005-1871/.