Blyth, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Blyth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 914. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4930846. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.735°N, 81.417°W.
Population
In 1881, Blyth, Village had a population of 914: 463 male and 451 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 914 |
| 1891 | 927 |
| 1901 | 871 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Morris, 1871 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Blyth, Village 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 914 total population, 463 males, 451 females, 296 married persons, 176 families, 149 married females, 147 married males, 37 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 581 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 279 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 176 inhabited houses, 176 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,820 bushels of potatoes, 880 bushels of oats, 406 bushels of winter wheat, 300 bushels of other root crops, 282 bushels of spring wheat, 144 bushels of peas and beans, 34 acres of wheat, 34 tons of hay, 25 acres of hay crops, 25 acres of potatoes, 1 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 914 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:
ON175009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON073001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4930846
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyth,_Ontario
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). "Blyth, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blyth-village-on175009-1881/.