Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861–1891)

Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in 4 censuses between 1861 and 1891. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1938153, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 1,137 in 1861 to 3,864 in 1891).

Historical lineage

Descendant places

• later split into Smiths Falls (part), Town—Ville in 1901

Population trajectory across census years

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 1 person 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.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON085006_1891 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q1938153
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiths_Falls
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiths_Falls

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.