Proton, Ontario (1871 census)

Proton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,184. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262627. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.109°N, 80.493°W.

Population

In 1871, Proton had a population of 2,184: 1,143 male and 1,041 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 contained Proton, 1861 (94.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Proton shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Egremont
• Luther
• Melancthon

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,184 total population, 1,143 males, 1,041 females, 640 married persons, 408 families, 321 married males, 319 married females, 45 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,499 single persons under 18, 808 single males under 18, 691 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 402 inhabited houses, 402 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 80,715 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON036003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114012_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262627

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). "Proton, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/proton-on036003-1871/.