Minden, Ontario (1871 census)

Minden was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 797. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262328. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.995°N, 78.667°W.

Population

In 1871, Minden had a population of 797: 411 male and 386 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, 1861 (34.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Minden shared boundaries with:

• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harbum, Bruton
• Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon
• Snowden, Glamorgan
• Stanhope, Sherborne

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 797 total population, 411 males, 386 females, 249 married persons, 145 families, 125 married males, 124 married females, 16 widowed persons, 9 widowed males, 7 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 532 single persons under 18, 277 single males under 18, 255 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 145 occupied houses, 141 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 45,500 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262328

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). "Minden, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/minden-on058005-1871/.