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Merritton, Village, Ontario (1881–1921)
Merritton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in 5 censuses between 1881 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q6820370, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,798 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 1,813 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 1,710 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 1,670 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 2,544 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary lineage
Successors
- later split into Grantham in 1881
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126010— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q6820370
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritton
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.