Bradford, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Bradford, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,176. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4954551. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.116°N, 79.564°W.
Population
In 1881, Bradford, Village had a population of 1,176: 608 male and 568 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 961 |
| 1871 | 1,130 |
| 1881 | 1,176 |
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, Bradford, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,176 total population, 608 males, 568 females, 391 married persons, 234 families, 196 married males, 195 married females, 47 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 738 single persons under 18, 402 single males under 18, 336 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 228 inhabited houses, 228 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,263 bushels of potatoes, 6,872 bushels of oats, 5,920 bushels of winter wheat, 3,454 bushels of other root crops, 2,918 bushels of turnips, 2,395 bushels of peas and beans, 2,270 bushels of barley, 985 bushels of spring wheat, 371 acres of wheat, 317 tons of hay, 196 bushels of corn, 169 acres of hay crops, 47 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of rye. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ambrose Joseph Small | b. 1866 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,176 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:
ON138003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON138003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4954551
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford,_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). "Bradford, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bradford-village-on138003-1881/.