Census boundary evidence
Niagara, Township — 1871 census geography (ON)
This page identifies a census boundary representation. Source-table records below retain their own reporting-unit identity and geographic qualifications.
- Map snapshot identifier
- ON020001_1871
- Source boundary identifier
- ON020001
- Census vintage
- 1871
- Source label
- Niagara, Township
- Province code
- ON
- District label
- Niagara
- Level
- csd
- Representation class
- E93_Presence
Census continuity group: Niagara, Township
TCP UID: ON020001
Census source records
Each link states the assessment that connected the source row to this map. Name candidates remain candidates; no source statistic is silently assigned to the map.
- Niagara, Township — 1871 · 1871_V1T1, row 133 source_identifier_and_context_agree
- Niagara, Township — 1871 · 1871_V3T23, row 133 source_identifier_and_context_agree
Boundary intersections across censuses
These are computed polygon intersections in the equal-area CRS ESRI:102001. Fractions describe the area of the earlier and later polygons, respectively. They do not establish historical succession, and population has not been apportioned by area. All positive intersections are retained, including very small contributions.
| Other census representation | Years (earlier → later) | Overlap (m²) | Fraction of earlier area | Fraction of later area | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara · 1861 | 1861 → 1871 | 99476888.99412434 | 0.9999999999999997 | 0.9999999999999997 | APPROXIMATELY_EQUAL_EXTENTHistorical succession verified: False |
| Niagara, Township · 1881 | 1871 → 1881 | 99476888.99412434 | 0.9999999999999997 | 0.9840564679808971 | APPROXIMATELY_EQUAL_EXTENTHistorical succession verified: False |
Continuity assessments
- Niagara (1861) → Niagara, Township (1871): name_change_requires_review
- Niagara, Township (1871) → Niagara, Township (1881): supported_spatial_name_continuity
People and biographical connections
These published connections come from the separate LINCS / Dictionary of Canadian Biography layer. A life event or overlapping lifespan does not establish residence at a census date. The association remains attached to this published page; it is not assigned to every revised census group.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| William James Withrow | 1868–1917 | born here |
| Andrew Thorburn Thompson | 1870–1939 | born here |
| Duncan Sayre MacInnes | 1870–1918 | born here |