Maganetawan, Ontario (1871 census)

Maganetawan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 307. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859868. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.668°N, 79.504°W.

Population

In 1871, Maganetawan had a population of 307: 172 male and 135 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 (6.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Spence Croft, 1881 (12.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ryerson, Armour, 1881 (11.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Chapman, Strong, Joly, 1881 (17.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Maganetawan shared boundaries with:

• Aumick Lake
• Humphry, Medora
• Lake Vernon
• Madaouaska, W-O
• Mataouan, W-O
• Petawawa, W-O
• Tamagamingue
• The Sound
• Watt, Cardwell

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 307 total population, 172 males, 135 females, 104 married persons, 71 families, 54 married males, 50 married females, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 187 single persons under 18, 107 single males under 18, 80 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 67 occupied houses, 61 inhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,242,890 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON086003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON086003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4859868
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetawan

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). "Maganetawan, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maganetawan-on086003-1871/.