Alice & Fraser, Ontario (1881 census)
Alice & Fraser was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.743°N, 77.301°W.
Population
In 1881, Alice & Fraser had a population of 1,912: 998 male and 914 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,566 |
| 1881 | 1,912 |
| 1891 | 1,920 |
| 1901 | 2,139 |
| 1911 | 1,922 |
| 1921 | 1,783 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Alice & Fraser shared boundaries with:
- Hagarty & Jones
- Petewawa & McKay
- Sherwood, Richards & Burns
- Stafford
- Unorganized Territory
- Wilberforce, Algona N
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,912 total population, 998 males, 914 females, 599 married persons, 322 families, 300 married females, 299 married males, 45 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,268 single persons under 18, 680 single males under 18, 588 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 317 inhabited houses, 317 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,367 bushels of oats, 27,830 bushels of potatoes, 10,820 bushels of spring wheat, 10,035 bushels of peas and beans, 6,928 bushels of rye, 5,076 bushels of turnips, 4,043 acres of hay crops, 2,189 tons of hay, 1,225 acres of wheat, 869 bushels of buckwheat, 624 bushels of other root crops, 290 acres of potatoes, 214 bushels of barley, 145 bushels of corn, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,911 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON142004_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 1881 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). "Alice & Fraser, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alice-fraser-on114001-1881/.