Wolford, Ontario (1871 census)

Wolford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.854°N, 75.828°W.

Population

In 1871, Wolford had a population of 2,550: 1,282 male and 1,268 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, Wolford shared boundaries with:

• Augusta
• Elizabethtown
• Emsley
• Kitley
• Marlborough
• Merrickville, VL
• Montague
• Oxford

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 2,550 total population, 1,282 males, 1,268 females, 762 married persons, 454 families, 383 married females, 379 married males, 82 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,706 single persons under 18, 881 single males under 18, 825 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 449 inhabited houses, 449 occupied houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 49,360 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON070003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON071005_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Wolford, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolford-on070003-1871/.