Unorganized Territory, Ontario (1881–1891)

Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 2 censuses between 1881 and 1891. Population grew substantially across the period (from 118 in 1881 to 910 in 1891).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• incorporates territory from Unorganized Territory in 1891

Descendant places

• later split into Casey, Hilliard, Brethour, Ingram & part Harris in 1901
• later split into Dymond, Harley, Hudson, Kerns & part Harris in 1901
• later split into Buck in 1901
• later split into Montreal River & Temagami Lake in 1901
• later split into Rathburn, Street & part Maclennan in 1901
• later split into Crerar in 1901
• later split into Martland 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).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096012 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

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.