Year: 1881
| Province: Ontario
Amherst Island, Ontario (1881 census)
Amherst Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.144°N, 76.718°W.
Population
In 1881, Amherst Island had a population of 1,089: 558 male and 531 female residents. Population density was 40.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 200 |
| Number of families | 200 |
| Number of females | 531 |
| Number of males | 558 |
| Number of married females | 163 |
| Number of married males | 162 |
| Number of married persons | 325 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 52 |
| POP TOT | 1,089 |
| Total population | 1,089 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 329 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 383 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 712 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 200 |
| Number of occupied houses | 200 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,116 |
| Acres of potatoes | 160 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,410 |
| BAR BU | 74,794 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 74,794 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 252 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 5,359 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 28,377 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 629 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 14,345 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 15,827 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,330 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 7,802 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 104 |
| BWT BU | 36 |
| CRN BU | 5,359 |
| HAY AC | 1,116 |
| HAY TONS | 943 |
| OAT BU | 28,377 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 14,345 |
| POT AC | 160 |
| POT BU | 15,827 |
| RYE BU | 2,330 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 943 |
| WHT AC | 1,410 |
| WHT SP BU | 7,802 |
| WHT WTR BU | 104 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 329 |
| C UNMD M | 383 |
| C UNMD TOT | 712 |
| D OCC | 200 |
| FEMALE | 531 |
| GRA BU | 252 |
| H INHAB | 200 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| MALE | 558 |
| MD F | 163 |
| MD M | 162 |
| MD TOT | 325 |
| NUMBER CD | 117 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 629 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 52 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON117001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125002 — 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). "Amherst Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherst-island-on117001-1881/.