York, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)

Name: York, W-O (1871)
Address: Ontario, CA

York, W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 5,618. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.720°N, 79.470°W.

Population

In 1871, York, W-O had a population of 5,618: 2,865 male and 2,753 female residents.

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 York, 1861 (56.0% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Religious, Collegiate, and other Public Institutions, 1861 (1.5% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Parkdale, Village, 1881 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Brockton, Village, 1881 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, York, W-O 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 5,618 total population, 2,865 males, 2,753 females, 1,772 married persons, 1,057 families, 887 married males, 885 married females, 185 widowed persons, 134 widowed females, 51 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 3,661 single persons under 18, 1,927 single males under 18, 1,734 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,056 inhabited houses, 1,056 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 38,907 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON044003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON044003 — 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). "York, W-O, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/york-w-o-on044003-1871/.