Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear, Ontario (1871 census)

Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,363. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.523°N, 76.115°W.

Population

In 1871, Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear had a population of 2,363: 1,192 male and 1,171 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 Leeds, Rear, 1881 (43.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Lansdowne, Rear, 1881 (57.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear shared boundaries with:

• Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud
• Crosby S
• Escott, Front
• Leeds and Lansdowne, Front
• Pittsburg, Howe Island
• Storrington
• Yonge and Escott, Rear

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 2,363 total population, 1,192 males, 1,171 females, 732 married persons, 425 families, 368 married females, 364 married males, 87 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,544 single persons under 18, 795 single males under 18, 749 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 422 inhabited houses, 422 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 73,719 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON067003 — 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). "Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/leeds-and-lansdowne-rear-on067003-1871/.