Stanhope, Sherborne, Ontario (1871 census)
Stanhope, Sherborne was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 310. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.171°N, 78.762°W.
Population
In 1871, Stanhope, Sherborne had a population of 310: 165 male and 145 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 became part of Stanhope, Sherburne, McClintock, 1881 (68.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Stanhope, Sherborne shared boundaries with:
- Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harbum, Bruton
- Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon
- Madaouaska, W-O
- McLean, Brunel, Kidout, Franklin
- Minden
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 310 total population, 165 males, 145 females, 99 married persons, 60 families, 50 married males, 49 married females, 3 widowed persons, 2 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 208 single persons under 18, 113 single males under 18, 95 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 60 occupied houses, 53 inhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 104,295 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON058006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON058006— 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). "Stanhope, Sherborne, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stanhope-sherborne-on058006-1871/.