Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud, Ontario (1881 census)
Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.690°N, 76.139°W.
Population
In 1881, Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud had a population of 3,500: 1,720 male and 1,780 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,540 |
| 1881 | 3,500 |
| 1891 | 3,319 |
| 1901 | 3,006 |
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, Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud shared boundaries with:
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 3,500 total population, 1,780 females, 1,720 males, 1,177 married persons, 715 families, 590 married females, 587 married males, 155 widowed persons, 112 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,168 single persons under 18, 1,090 single males under 18, 1,078 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 708 inhabited houses, 708 occupied houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 86,463 bushels of oats, 60,991 bushels of potatoes, 25,748 bushels of rye, 22,382 bushels of corn, 10,820 bushels of other root crops, 9,926 bushels of turnips, 9,048 bushels of winter wheat, 8,906 bushels of peas and beans, 7,666 bushels of barley, 7,616 tons of hay, 7,190 acres of hay crops, 6,914 bushels of spring wheat, 5,756 bushels of buckwheat, 2,227 acres of wheat, 556 acres of potatoes, 313 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 3,500 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:
ON110007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON083002_1871— 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). "Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bastard-burgess-south-sud-on110007-1881/.