Welland, C, Ontario (1871 census)

Welland, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,110. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.993°N, 79.242°W.

Population

In 1871, Welland, C had a population of 1,110: 554 male and 556 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Welland, C shared boundaries with:

• Crowland
• Thorold

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,110 total population, 556 females, 554 males, 411 married persons, 228 families, 206 married females, 205 married males, 49 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 650 single persons under 18, 335 single males under 18, 315 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 225 inhabited houses, 225 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,130 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON019006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424773
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland

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). "Welland, C, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/welland-c-on019006-1871/.