London, Township, Ontario (1871 census)
London, Township was a township in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 10,991. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.072°N, 81.299°W.
Population
In 1871, London, Township had a population of 10,991: 5,630 male and 5,361 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 Petersville, Village, 1881 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained London E, Village, 1881 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, London, Township shared boundaries with:
- Biddulph
- Delaware
- Dorchester N
- Lobo
- London, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- London, Ward—Quartier No. 4
- London, Ward—Quartier No. 5
- London, Ward—Quartier No. 6
- McGillivray
- Nissouri W-O
- Westminster
- Williams E
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 10,991 total population, 5,630 males, 5,361 females, 3,459 married persons, 1,973 families, 1,735 married females, 1,724 married males, 363 widowed persons, 249 widowed females, 114 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 7,169 single persons under 18, 3,792 single males under 18, 3,377 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,960 occupied houses, 1,954 inhabited houses, 48 uninhabited houses, 13 houses under construction, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 105,160 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Walter Scott | 1867–1938 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON009003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON009003— 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). "London, Township, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/london-township-on009003-1871/.