Scott, Ontario (1871 census)

Scott was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,775. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7437405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.182°N, 79.216°W.

Population

In 1871, Scott had a population of 2,775: 1,458 male and 1,317 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Scott shared boundaries with:

• Brock
• Georgina
• Gwillimbury E
• Reach
• Uxbridge

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 2,775 total population, 1,458 males, 1,317 females, 861 married persons, 475 families, 432 married males, 429 married females, 60 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,854 single persons under 18, 1,004 single males under 18, 850 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 471 inhabited houses, 471 occupied houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 50,380 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON049004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7437405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Township,_Ontario

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). "Scott, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/scott-on049004-1871/.