Niagara, Ontario (1851–1861)
Niagara was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 2 censuses between 1851 and 1861. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q448372, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,250 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 2,400 | View 1861 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 24 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Albert Berczy | 1794–1858 | born here |
| John Richardson | 1796–1852 | born here |
| Peter Jones [Kahkewaquonaby] | 1802–1856 | born here |
| Joshua Gwillen Doan | b. 1811 | born here |
| Nelson Burns | 1834–1904 | born here |
| Alexander McMicken | 1837–1916 | born here |
| Charles J. S. (Charles James Stewart) Bethune | 1838–1932 | born here |
| Janet Carnochan | 1839–1926 | born here |
| Margaret Vallance | 1840–1922 | born here |
| Richard Amos Ball | 1845–1925 | born here |
| James Walker | 1846–1936 | born here |
| Linus Woolverton | 1846–1914 | born here |
| Sara Calder | 1846–1914 | born here |
| Sir William Glenholme Falconbridge | 1846–1920 | born here |
| Edith Sarah Louisa Boulton | 1847–1912 | born here |
| Mary Agnes Snively | 1847–1933 | born here |
| John Kelly Barrett | 1850–1938 | born here |
| James Elgin Wetherell | 1851–1940 | born here |
| John Bolingbroke Sparrow | 1852–1914 | born here |
| William Hamilton Merritt | 1855–1918 | born here |
| Sir John Strathearn Hendrie | 1857–1923 | born here |
| Frank Hamilton Mewburn | 1858–1929 | born here |
| Marion Elizabeth Stinson | 1859–1919 | born here |
| Francis Joseph Nelson | 1860–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON085007— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q448372
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
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.