Niagara, Township, Ontario (1871 census)
Niagara, Township was a township in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.199°N, 79.108°W.
Population
In 1871, Niagara, Township had a population of 2,093: 1,028 male and 1,065 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Niagara, Township shared boundaries with:
- Grantham
- Niagara, Centre Ward—Quartier
- Niagara, East Ward—Quartier
- Niagara, West Ward—Quartier
- Stamford
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,093 total population, 1,065 females, 1,028 males, 597 married persons, 371 families, 302 married males, 295 married females, 98 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,398 single persons under 18, 700 single females under 18, 698 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 362 occupied houses, 359 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William James Withrow | 1868–1917 | born here |
| Andrew Thorburn Thompson | 1870–1939 | born here |
| Duncan Sayre MacInnes | 1870–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON020001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON020001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - 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 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, Township, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-township-on020001-1871/.