Wellington, Village, Ontario (1871 census)
Wellington, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 517. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7981305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.964°N, 77.365°W.
Population
In 1871, Wellington, Village had a population of 517: 262 male and 255 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 517 |
| 1881 | 598 |
| 1891 | 555 |
| 1901 | 652 |
| 1911 | 785 |
| 1921 | 824 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Hillier, 1861 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Wellington, Village 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 517 total population, 262 males, 255 females, 190 married persons, 111 families, 95 married females, 95 married males, 21 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 306 single persons under 18, 161 single males under 18, 145 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 111 inhabited houses, 111 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,450 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON059002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON140010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7981305
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_Ontario
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). "Wellington, Village, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wellington-village-on059002-1871/.