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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,287 |
| 1861 | 1,270 |
| 1871 | 1,189 |
| 1881 | 1,089 |
| 1891 | 938 |
| 1901 | 821 |
| 1911 | 724 |
| 1921 | 650 |
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 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,089 total population, 558 males, 531 females, 325 married persons, 200 families, 163 married females, 162 married males, 52 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 712 single persons under 18, 383 single males under 18, 329 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 200 inhabited houses, 200 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 74,794 bushels of barley, 28,377 bushels of oats, 15,827 bushels of potatoes, 14,345 bushels of peas and beans, 7,802 bushels of spring wheat, 5,359 bushels of corn, 2,330 bushels of rye, 1,410 acres of wheat, 1,116 acres of hay crops, 943 tons of hay, 629 bushels of other root crops, 252 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 160 acres of potatoes, 104 bushels of winter wheat, 36 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Fowler | 1810–1894 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,089 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:
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/.