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Whitby, Town—Ville, Ontario (1861–1921)
Whitby, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in 7 censuses between 1861 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q386338, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from Whitby in 1861
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,697 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 2,732 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 3,140 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 2,786 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 2,110 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 2,248 | View 1911 detail → |
| 1921 | 2,800 | View 1921 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133014— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q386338
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby_(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.