Ashburnham, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Ashburnham, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,266. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.308°N, 78.304°W.
Population
In 1881, Ashburnham, Village had a population of 1,266: 618 male and 648 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,197 |
| 1881 | 1,266 |
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, Ashburnham, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,266 total population, 648 females, 618 males, 388 married persons, 231 families, 197 married females, 191 married males, 57 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 821 single persons under 18, 413 single males under 18, 408 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 231 inhabited houses, 231 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,480 bushels of potatoes, 5,436 bushels of other root crops, 2,333 bushels of oats, 2,015 bushels of barley, 937 bushels of peas and beans, 641 bushels of turnips, 484 bushels of spring wheat, 330 bushels of winter wheat, 164 tons of hay, 142 acres of hay crops, 84 acres of wheat, 60 bushels of rye, 52 bushels of corn, 44 acres of potatoes, 42 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,260 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:
ON125001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125001— 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). "Ashburnham, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ashburnham-village-on125001-1881/.