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Whitby W-O, Ontario (1881–1891)
Whitby W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 2 censuses between 1881 and 1891.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from Whitby, W-O in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,946 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 2,551 | View 1891 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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mary J.L. Black | 1879–1939 | born here |
| Garnet Burk Hughes | 1880–1937 | born here |
| Cawthra Mulock | 1882–1918 | born here |
| Francis Clarence McGee | 1882–1916 | born here |
| Charles Arthur Baragar | 1885–1936 | born here |
| Laura Elizabeth McCully | 1886–1924 | born here |
| Norman Bethune | 1890–1939 | born here |
| Frederick Grant Banting | 1891–1941 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON102005_1891— 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.