Census boundary evidence

St. Thomas, Town of — 1861 census geography (ON)

This page identifies a census boundary representation. Source-table records below retain their own reporting-unit identity and geographic qualifications.

Map snapshot identifier

ON070007_1861

Source boundary identifier

ON070007

Census vintage

1861

Source label

St. Thomas, Town of

Province code

ON

District label

Elgin

Level

csd

Representation class

E93_Presence

Census continuity group: St. Thomas, Town of

TCP UID: ON070007

Census source records

Each link states the assessment that connected the source row to this map. Name candidates remain candidates; no source statistic is silently assigned to the map.

• St. Thomas, Town of — 1861 · 1861_V1T1, row 706 source_identifier_and_context_agree
• St. Thomas, Town of — 1861 · 1861_V1T5, row 706 source_identifier_and_context_agree
• St. Thomas, Town of — 1861 · 1861_V2T11, row 667 source_identifier_and_context_agree

Boundary intersections across censuses

These are computed polygon intersections in the equal-area CRS ESRI:102001. Fractions describe the area of the earlier and later polygons, respectively. They do not establish historical succession, and population has not been apportioned by area. All positive intersections are retained, including very small contributions.

Continuity assessments

• St. Thomas, Village (1851) → St. Thomas, Town of (1861): name_change_requires_review
• St. Thomas, Town of (1861) → Saint Thomas, Town—Ville (1871): name_change_requires_review

People and biographical connections

These published connections come from the separate LINCS / Dictionary of Canadian Biography layer. A life event or overlapping lifespan does not establish residence at a census date. The association remains attached to this published page; it is not assigned to every revised census group.

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