Petawawa, Centre, Ontario (1871 census)
Petawawa, Centre was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 17. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.955°N, 77.851°W.
Population
In 1871, Petawawa, Centre had a population of 17: 12 male and 5 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 Nipissing, 1861 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Petawawa, Centre shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 7 |
| Number of females | 5 |
| Number of males | 12 |
| Number of married females | 3 |
| Number of married males | 3 |
| Number of married persons | 5 |
| Total population | 17 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 3 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 9 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 12 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 7 |
Agriculture (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| HAY AC | 160 |
| HAY TONS | 80 |
| OAT BU | 350 |
| PEA BU | 40 |
| POT AC | 8 |
| POT BU | 850 |
| Total area (acres) | 231,200 |
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA | 231,200 |
| CD | 83 |
| CSD | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 7 |
| FEMALE | 5 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 7 |
| INHABITED | 3 |
| MALE | 12 |
| MARRIED F | 3 |
| MARRIED M | 3 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 5 |
| POPULATION | 17 |
| SHANTIES | 4 |
| SINGLE F | 3 |
| SINGLE M | 9 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 12 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON083006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON083006— 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). "Petawawa, Centre, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petawawa-centre-on083006-1871/.