King, Ontario (1871 census)

King was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 7,482. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q483483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.976°N, 79.598°W.

Population

In 1871, King had a population of 7,482: 3,863 male and 3,619 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).

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 King, 1881 (87.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, King shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Aurora, T-V
• Bradford, Village
• Gwillimbury E
• Gwillimbury, W-O
• Tecumseth
• Vaughan
• Whitchurch

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 7,482 total population, 3,863 males, 3,619 females, 2,277 married persons, 1,315 families, 1,139 married males, 1,138 married females, 223 widowed persons, 144 widowed females, 79 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 4,982 single persons under 18, 2,645 single males under 18, 2,337 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,309 occupied houses, 1,278 inhabited houses, 74 uninhabited houses, 31 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 90,160 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON043001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q483483
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(Ontario)

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). "King, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/king-on043001-1871/.