The Sound, Ontario (1871 census)
The Sound was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,052. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2219667. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.462°N, 80.050°W.
Population
In 1871, The Sound had a population of 1,052: 592 male and 460 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Nipissing, 1861 (3.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island, 1881 (4.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Foley, Cowper, McDougall, 1881 (21.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ferguson, Carling & Burpee, 1881 (29.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, The Sound shared boundaries with:
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 1,052 total population, 592 males, 460 females, 330 married persons, 233 families, 168 married males, 162 married females, 35 widowed persons, 17 widowed males, IS widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 687 single persons under 18, 407 single males under 18, 280 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 228 occupied houses, 213 inhabited houses, 15 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 425,390 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON086001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON086001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2219667
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_Sound,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_Sound
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). "The Sound, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/the-sound-on086001-1871/.