Yonge and Escott, Rear, Ontario (1871 census)
Yonge and Escott, Rear was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.614°N, 75.951°W.
Population
In 1871, Yonge and Escott, Rear had a population of 1,791: 857 male and 934 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,791 |
| 1881 | 2,103 |
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, Yonge and Escott, Rear shared boundaries with:
- Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud
- Elizabethtown
- Escott, Front
- Kitley
- Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear
- Yonge, Front
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 1,791 total population, 934 females, 857 males, 640 married persons, 355 families, 320 married females, 320 married males, 68 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,083 single persons under 18, 567 single females under 18, 516 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 345 inhabited houses, 345 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 34,334 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON067006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110010_1871— 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). "Yonge and Escott, Rear, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/yonge-and-escott-rear-on067006-1871/.