Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)
Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.254°N, 79.077°W.
Population
In 1871, Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier had a population of 530: 235 male and 295 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 Niagara, Town of, 1861 (28.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 530 total population, 295 females, 235 males, 141 married persons, 93 families, 73 married females, 68 married males, 40 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 349 single persons under 18, 186 single females under 18, 163 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 93 inhabited houses, 93 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON020003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON020003— 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). "Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-centre-ward-quartier-on020003-1871/.