Alvinston, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Alvinston, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 830. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134585. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.826°N, 81.848°W.

Population

In 1881, Alvinston, VL had a population of 830: 414 male and 416 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).

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 Brooke, 1871 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Alvinston, VL shared boundaries with:

• Brooke

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 830 total population, 416 females, 414 males, 311 married persons, 170 families, 156 married females, 155 married males, 25 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 11 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 494 single persons under 18, 249 single females under 18, 245 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 170 inhabited houses, 170 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,653 bushels of potatoes, 1,787 bushels of oats, 1,445 bushels of winter wheat, 800 bushels of corn, 321 bushels of barley, 303 bushels of other root crops, 105 bushels of turnips, 87 tons of hay, 72 acres of wheat, 63 acres of hay crops, 25 acres of potatoes, 5 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 830 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: ON179008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122015_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134585

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). "Alvinston, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alvinston-vl-on179008-1881/.