Minto, Ontario (1871 census)

Minto was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,861. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2184124. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.912°N, 80.871°W.

Population

In 1871, Minto had a population of 4,861: 2,547 male and 2,314 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Palmerston, Town—Ville, 1881 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Harriston, T-V, 1881 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Clifford, VL, 1881 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Minto shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Carrick
• Howick
• Maryborough
• Normanby
• Wallace

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 4,861 total population, 2,547 males, 2,314 females, 1,450 married persons, 824 families, 726 married females, 724 married males, 123 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 37 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 3,288 single persons under 18, 1,786 single males under 18, 1,502 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 811 occupied houses, 810 inhabited houses, 36 houses under construction, 26 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 72,587 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON035003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2184124
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minto,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minto_(Ontario)

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). "Minto, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/minto-on035003-1871/.