Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River, Ontario (1881 census)
Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 521. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.814°N, 80.415°W.
Population
In 1881, Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River had a population of 521: 282 male and 239 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 521 |
| 1891 | 1,119 |
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, Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 521 total population, 282 males, 239 females, 154 married persons, 96 families, 81 married males, 73 married females, 23 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 344 single persons under 18, 193 single males under 18, 151 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 96 inhabited houses, 96 occupied houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,408 bushels of potatoes, 246 bushels of corn, 176 bushels of turnips, 145 tons of hay, 108 bushels of peas and beans, 105 bushels of other root crops, 100 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of spring wheat, 95 acres of hay crops, 29 acres of potatoes, 5 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 504 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:
ON131017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095004— 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). "Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blair-brown-burton-shawanaga-harrison-walbridge-mowat-french-river-on131017-1881/.