Moulton, Sherbrooke, Ontario (1871 census)
Moulton, Sherbrooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,099. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.538°W.
Population
In 1871, Moulton, Sherbrooke had a population of 2,099: 1,073 male and 1,026 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Sherbrooke, 1881 (17.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Moulton, 1881 (82.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Moulton, Sherbrooke shared boundaries with:
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 2,099 total population, 1,073 males, 1,026 females, 674 married persons, 391 families, 342 married males, 332 married females, 60 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,365 single persons under 18, 720 single males under 18, 645 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 385 occupied houses, 384 inhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 34,815 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON018001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON018001— 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). "Moulton, Sherbrooke, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/moulton-sherbrooke-on018001-1871/.