Arran, Ontario (1881 census)

Arran was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,512. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.463°N, 81.214°W.

Population

In 1881, Arran had a population of 3,512: 1,787 male and 1,725 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Arran shared boundaries with:

• Amabel
• Derby
• Elderslie
• Saugeen
• Southampton, T-V
• Sullivan
• Tara, VL

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,512 total population, 1,787 males, 1,725 females, 1,039 married persons, 597 families, 527 married females, 512 married males, 89 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,384 single persons under 18, 1,242 single males under 18, 1,142 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 591 occupied houses, 590 inhabited houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 119,060 bushels of oats, 107,604 bushels of winter wheat, 62,440 bushels of turnips, 50,961 bushels of peas and beans, 40,880 bushels of potatoes, 13,944 bushels of spring wheat, 11,712 bushels of barley, 10,834 bushels of other root crops, 8,409 acres of wheat, 5,579 tons of hay, 5,388 acres of hay crops, 349 acres of potatoes, 68 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 50 bushels of rye, 45 bushels of corn, 18 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,512 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: ON177002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104003_1881 — 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). "Arran, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arran-on177002-1881/.