Snowden, Glamorgan, Ontario (1871 census)

Snowden, Glamorgan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.900°N, 78.515°W.

Population

In 1871, Snowden, Glamorgan had a population of 399: 212 male and 187 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Snowden, 1881 (48.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Glamorgan, 1881 (51.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Snowden, Glamorgan shared boundaries with:

• Burleigh, Anstruther, Monmouth, Chandos, Cardiff
• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harbum, Bruton
• Galway, Cavendish
• Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon
• Minden
• Somerville

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 399 total population, 212 males, 187 females, 127 married persons, 76 families, 64 married females, 63 married males, 10 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 262 single persons under 18, 144 single males under 18, 118 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 75 occupied houses, 73 inhabited houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 114,211 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON058004 — 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). "Snowden, Glamorgan, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/snowden-glamorgan-on058004-1871/.