Pickering, Ontario (1851–1921)
Pickering was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q386626, 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 | 6,737 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 8,002 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 7,375 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 6,883 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 5,998 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 5,225 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 4,763 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 4,910 | View 1921 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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Barclay | 1779–1857 | died here |
| Philip James | 1800–1851 | died here |
| John Miller | 1817–1904 | died here |
| James Ironside Davidson | 1818–1902 | died here |
| Sarah Ann Dale | 1848–1915 | born and died here |
| Robert Menzies Mitchell | 1865–1932 | born here |
| Thomas John Thomson | 1877–1917 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133003— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q386626
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickering,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickering
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.