Maidstone, Ontario (1851–1921)
Maidstone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q115262130, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 1,167 in 1851 to 2,432 in 1921).
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,167 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 1,652 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 2,055 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,260 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 3,127 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 3,117 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 2,788 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 2,432 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 117 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Powlis | 1812–1852 | born here |
| Jacob Yost Shantz | 1822–1909 | born here |
| Edwin Delevan Tillson | 1825–1902 | born here |
| Sir John Carling | 1828–1911 | born here |
| Walker Powell | 1828–1915 | born here |
| John McClary | 1829–1921 | born here |
| David Mills | 1831–1903 | born here |
| Alexander Sutherland | 1833–1910 | born here |
| Edward Blake | 1833–1912 | born here |
| John McKellar | 1833–1900 | born here |
| Abner Mulholland Rosebrugh | 1835–1914 | born here |
| Ebenezer McColl | 1835–1902 | born here |
| James Young | 1835–1913 | born here |
| Robert Watt Elliot | 1835–1905 | born here |
| Alexander Peter Reid | 1836–1920 | born here |
| Solomon White | 1836–1911 | born here |
| Mountcastle | 1837–1908 | born here |
| James J. (James Jerome) Hill | 1838–1916 | born here |
| John Belmer Armstrong | 1838–1892 | born here |
| John Labatt | 1838–1915 | born here |
| Archibald Blue | 1840–1914 | born here |
| Sir William Ralph Meredith | 1840–1923 | born here |
| Alexander McIntyre | 1841–1892 | born here |
| Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | 1842–1921 | born here |
| John McDougall | 1842–1917 | born here |
| John Pearce | 1842–1909 | born here |
| Seth Newhouse | 1842–1921 | born here |
| David Howard Harrison | 1843–1905 | born here |
| W. D. (William Dillon) Otter | 1843–1929 | born here |
| George Leslie Mackay | 1844–1901 | born here |
| William Bruce McGregor | 1844–1907 | born here |
| A. W. (Arthur Wellington) Ross | 1846–1901 | born here |
| Nathaniel Francis Hagel | 1846–1915 | born here |
| Thomas Hampson Jones English painter | 1846–1916 | born here |
| George Weston Wrigley | 1847–1907 | born here |
| Jacob Kaufman | 1847–1920 | born here |
| James Conmee | 1848–1913 | born here |
| Mary Jane Baker | 1849–1934 | born here |
| Jeffry Hall Brock | 1850–1915 | born here |
| John Arthur Gibson | 1850–1912 | born here |
| Matthew McCauley | 1850–1930 | born here |
| Sir Henry Vincent Meredith | 1850–1929 | born here |
| Francis Huston Wallace | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Robert Brett | 1851–1929 | born here |
| John Andrew Davidson | 1852–1903 | born here |
| Otto Julius Klotz | 1852–1923 | born here |
| Thomas Mayne Daly | 1852–1911 | born here |
| Peter Bryce | 1853–1932 | born here |
| Sara Mickle | 1853–1930 | born here |
| Charles Kingsmill | 1855–1935 | born here |
| Edmund Ernest Sheppard | 1855–1924 | born here |
| John Adam Rittinger | 1855–1915 | born here |
| John Campbell Ferrie Bown | 1856–1933 | born here |
| Catherine Trask | 1857–1925 | born here |
| Donald McGillivray | 1857–1900 | born here |
| John Lineham | 1857–1913 | born here |
| Sir Adam Beck | 1857–1925 | born here |
| Thomas Daniel Green | 1857–1935 | born here |
| William James Thomson | 1857–1927 | born here |
| Adelaide Sophia Hunter | 1858–1910 | born here |
| Edmund Marter Wood | 1858–1936 | born here |
| James Alexander MacDonald | 1858–1939 | born here |
| Tip O'Neill | 1858–1915 | born here |
| Wallace Nesbitt | 1858–1930 | born here |
| William James McKay | 1858–1922 | born here |
| J. P. (James Pitt) Mabee | 1859–1912 | born here |
| Mary MacNeill | b. 1859 | born here |
| James Bower | 1860–1921 | born here |
| John Douglas Fraser Drummond | 1860–1925 | born here |
| John Taylor Fotheringham | 1860–1940 | born here |
| Paul Peel | 1860–1892 | born here |
| Thomas Leopold Willson | 1860–1915 | born here |
| Perry E. Doolittle | 1861–1933 | born here |
| Sara Jeannette Duncan | 1861–1922 | born here |
| Sir Clifford Sifton | 1861–1929 | born here |
| Archibald MacMechan | 1862–1933 | born here |
| Carl Ahrens | 1862–1936 | born here |
| Sarah Alice Rowell | 1862–1930 | born here |
| William John Hanna | 1862–1919 | born here |
| George Harcourt | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Rachel Jeffrey Coutts | 1863–1940 | born here |
| Annie Gardner Barr | 1864–1921 | born here |
| Daniel Salmon Hamilton | 1864–1929 | born here |
| Edward Bayly | 1865–1934 | born here |
| John Henderson Lamont | 1865–1936 | born here |
| John Joseph Mackenzie | 1865–1922 | born here |
| William Charles Sutherland | 1865–1940 | born here |
| Ezra Carl Breithaupt | 1866–1897 | born here |
| Walter Cameron Nichol | 1866–1928 | born here |
| William Lash Miller | 1866–1940 | born here |
| Newton Wesley Rowell | 1867–1941 | born here |
| Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison | 1867–1925 | born here |
| Emma Priscilla Scott | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Margaret Eleanor Theodora Addison | 1868–1940 | born here |
| Susanna Carson | 1868–1908 | born here |
| Alfred Davis Fidler | 1869–1927 | born here |
| Alfred Schmitz Shadd | 1870–1915 | born here |
| Jean Isabelle Dow | 1870–1927 | born here |
| Thomas Llewellyn Metcalfe | 1870–1922 | born here |
| Isabel Johnstone | 1872–1923 | born here |
| Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 1872–1930 | born here |
| Deskaheh | 1873–1925 | born here |
| Robert Francis Forster | 1873–1929 | born here |
| David Alexander Stewart | 1874–1937 | born here |
| Isabel Ecclestone Mackay | 1875–1928 | born here |
| Sir Arthur Currie | 1875–1933 | born here |
| Franklin Wellington Wegenast | 1876–1942 | born here |
| Harriet Brooks | 1876–1933 | born here |
| Robert Walter Paterson | 1876–1936 | born here |
| Maud Leonora Menten | 1879–1960 | born here |
| Winona Flett | 1884–1922 | born here |
| Cameron Dee Brant | 1887–1915 | born here |
| Ellis Wellwood Sifton | 1891–1917 | born here |
| Mitchell Frederick Hepburn | 1896–1953 | born here |
| Stanley Wallace Rosevear | 1896–1918 | born here |
| John Raymond Knister | 1899–1932 | born here |
| Howard William Morenz | 1902–1937 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110006— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q115262130
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.