Madaouaska, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)

Madaouaska, W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 24. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.482°N, 78.619°W.

Population

In 1871, Madaouaska, W-O had a population of 24: 21 male and 3 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Nipissing, 1861 (5.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Madaouaska, W-O shared boundaries with:

• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harbum, Bruton
• Herschel, Monteagle, McClure, Wicklow, Bangor
• Lake Vernon
• Madawaska, E
• Maganetawan
• McLean, Brunel, Kidout, Franklin
• Petawawa, W-O
• Stanhope, Sherborne

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 24 total population, 21 males, 16 families, 9 married persons, 6 married males, 3 females, 3 married females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 15 single males under 18, 15 single persons under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 16 occupied houses, 15 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 inhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 724,160 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON083002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON083002_1871_1871 — 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). "Madaouaska, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/madaouaska-w-o-on083002-1871/.