Toronto, Ontario (1851–1921)
Toronto was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q7826543, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Descendant places
- later split into Streetsville, Village in 1861
- later split into Port Credit, VL in 1921
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 7,539 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 6,592 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 5,974 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 5,873 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 5,528 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 5,208 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 6,208 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 6,981 | View 1921 detail → |
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 11 people 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Thompson | 1786–1860 | died here |
| Nahnebahwequay | 1824–1865 | born here |
| William Thomas Aikins | 1827–1897 | born here |
| Uzziel Ogden | 1828–1910 | born here |
| Kenneth Chisholm | 1829–1906 | born here |
| Sir John Morison Gibson | 1842–1929 | born here |
| Joseph Featherston | 1843–1913 | died here |
| William James Gage | 1849–1921 | born here |
| Albert Durrant Watson | 1859–1926 | born here |
| François-Louis Lessard | 1860–1927 | died here |
| Caroline Sophia Brown | 1862–1936 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON136004— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q7826543
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Township,_Ontario
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.