Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Bowmanville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,504. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2922719. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.914°N, 78.680°W.

Population

In 1881, Bowmanville, T-V had a population of 3,504: 1,723 male and 1,781 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 contained Bowmanville, T-V, 1871 (93.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Bowmanville, T-V, 1891 (14.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Bowmanville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Darlington

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,504 total population, 1,781 females, 1,723 males, 1,204 married persons, 747 families, 602 married females, 602 married males, 145 widowed persons, 110 widowed females, 35 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,155 single persons under 18, 1,086 single males under 18, 1,069 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 745 occupied houses, 744 inhabited houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,233 bushels of other root crops, 12,740 bushels of turnips, 10,682 bushels of potatoes, 9,827 bushels of barley, 7,437 bushels of oats, 3,684 bushels of peas and beans, 2,707 bushels of spring wheat, 2,478 bushels of winter wheat, 1,454 bushels of corn, 594 tons of hay, 377 acres of wheat, 362 acres of hay crops, 70 acres of potatoes, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,504 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: ON128005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2922719
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville

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). "Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bowmanville-t-v-on128005-1881/.