Rocher Capitaine, Ontario (1871 census)
Rocher Capitaine was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 70. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.144°N, 78.071°W.
Population
In 1871, Rocher Capitaine had a population of 70: 43 male and 27 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 (0.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Rocher Capitaine shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 70 total population, 43 males, 27 females, 22 married persons, 12 families, 11 married females, 11 married males, 1 widowed males, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 47 single persons under 18, 31 single males under 18, 16 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 11 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 120,640 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON084001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON084001— 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). "Rocher Capitaine, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rocher-capitaine-on084001-1871/.