Billings, Campbell, Ontario (1881 census)
Billings, Campbell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,114. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.813°N, 82.272°W.
Population
In 1881, Billings, Campbell had a population of 1,114: 619 male and 495 female residents.
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 Manitoulin, Centre, 1871 (19.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Campbell, 1891 (47.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Billings, 1891 (52.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Billings, Campbell 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 1,114 total population, 619 males, 495 females, 362 married persons, 208 families, 181 married females, 181 married males, 23 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 729 single persons under 18, 429 single males under 18, 300 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 208 inhabited houses, 208 occupied houses, 47 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,032 bushels of turnips, 9,414 bushels of potatoes, 6,246 bushels of spring wheat, 4,719 bushels of peas and beans, 2,982 bushels of oats, 1,194 bushels of corn, 1,167 acres of wheat, 696 bushels of barley, 343 acres of hay crops, 258 tons of hay, 167 bushels of winter wheat, 138 bushels of other root crops, 118 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 bushels of rye, 6 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,114 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:
ON182007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182007— 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). "Billings, Campbell, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/billings-campbell-on182007-1881/.