Manitoulin, Centre, Ontario (1871 census)
Manitoulin, Centre was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 864. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.803°N, 82.142°W.
Population
In 1871, Manitoulin, Centre had a population of 864: 474 male and 390 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 Sault Ste. Marie, Village, 1861 (1.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Carnarvon, 1881 (9.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Tehkummah, 1881 (7.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Assiginack, 1881 (8.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sandfield, 1881 (6.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gordon, Mills, 1881 (10.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Bidwell, Sheguiandah, 1881 (15.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Billings, Campbell, 1881 (19.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Allan, 1881 (10.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Manitoulin, Centre shared boundaries with:
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 864 total population, 474 males, 390 females, 278 married persons, 168 families, 140 married males, 138 married females, 33 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 553 single persons under 18, 321 single males under 18, 232 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 165 inhabited houses, 165 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 486,500 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 Hurlburt | 1808–1873 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON087002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON087002— 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). "Manitoulin, Centre, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/manitoulin-centre-on087002-1871/.