Lanark, Village, Ontario (1871 census)

Lanark, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 740. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6482895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.022°N, 76.364°W.

Population

In 1871, Lanark, Village had a population of 740: 368 male and 372 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lanark, 1861 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Lanark, Village shared boundaries with:

• Lanark

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 740 total population, 372 females, 368 males, 231 married persons, 135 families, 117 married females, 114 married males, 26 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 483 single persons under 18, 245 single males under 18, 238 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 132 inhabited houses, 132 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 2,933 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON080005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON080007_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6482895
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark,_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). "Lanark, Village, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lanark-village-on080005-1871/.