Petawawa, Ontario (1871 census)
Petawawa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 370. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.889°N, 77.317°W.
Population
In 1871, Petawawa had a population of 370: 215 male and 155 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 Pettawawa, Buchanan and McKay, 1861 (31.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Petewawa & McKay, 1881 (43.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Petawawa shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 370 total population, 215 males, 155 females, 114 married persons, 63 families, 58 married males, 56 married females, 10 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 246 single persons under 18, 152 single males under 18, 94 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 62 inhabited houses, 62 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 40,440 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON082010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON082010— 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, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petawawa-on082010-1871/.