Arthur, Village, Ontario (1881 census)

Arthur, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,257. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4797728. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.837°N, 80.545°W.

Population

In 1881, Arthur, Village had a population of 1,257: 615 male and 642 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 Arthur, 1871 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Arthur, Village shared boundaries with:

• Arthur

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 1,257 total population, 642 females, 615 males, 407 married persons, 241 families, 204 married males, 203 married females, 48 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 802 single persons under 18, 406 single females under 18, 396 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 241 inhabited houses, 241 occupied houses, 28 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,058 bushels of potatoes, 3,287 bushels of oats, 1,239 bushels of peas and beans, 1,117 bushels of turnips, 936 bushels of other root crops, 415 bushels of barley, 399 bushels of spring wheat, 363 tons of hay, 315 bushels of winter wheat, 269 acres of hay crops, 79 acres of wheat, 30 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of buckwheat, 19 bushels of corn, 11 bushels of rye, 4 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 1,257 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: ON153007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125003_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4797728
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_(Ontario)

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). "Arthur, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arthur-village-on153007-1881/.