Bertie, Ontario (1881 census)
Bertie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,986. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.915°N, 79.031°W.
Population
In 1881, Bertie had a population of 3,986: 2,055 male and 1,931 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,737 |
| 1861 | 2,673 |
| 1871 | 2,933 |
| 1881 | 3,986 |
| 1891 | 4,222 |
| 1901 | 3,189 |
| 1911 | 3,282 |
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, Bertie shared boundaries with:
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 3,986 total population, 2,055 males, 1,931 females, 1,419 married persons, 802 families, 713 married males, 706 married females, 170 widowed persons, 112 widowed females, 58 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,397 single persons under 18, 1,284 single males under 18, 1,113 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 783 occupied houses, 780 inhabited houses, 24 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 93,094 bushels of winter wheat, 73,768 bushels of oats, 49,818 bushels of corn, 23,251 bushels of potatoes, 5,292 acres of wheat, 5,097 bushels of barley, 5,075 acres of hay crops, 4,994 bushels of other root crops, 4,807 tons of hay, 3,638 bushels of peas and beans, 2,747 bushels of buckwheat, 1,836 bushels of turnips, 880 bushels of spring wheat, 837 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 320 bushels of rye, 200 acres of potatoes. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund Burke Wood | 1820–1882 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,986 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:
ON142003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132001— 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). "Bertie, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bertie-on142003-1881/.