Brant, Ontario (1881 census)
Brant was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.192°N, 81.145°W.
Population
In 1881, Brant had a population of 5,423: 2,760 male and 2,663 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 621 |
| 1861 | 3,123 |
| 1871 | 5,994 |
| 1881 | 5,423 |
| 1891 | 4,929 |
| 1901 | 4,349 |
| 1911 | 3,532 |
| 1921 | 3,063 |
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, Brant 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 5,423 total population, 2,760 males, 2,663 females, 1,586 married persons, 927 families, 794 married males, 792 married females, 167 widowed persons, 101 widowed females, 66 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,670 single persons under 18, 1,900 single males under 18, 1,770 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 927 inhabited houses, 927 occupied houses, 22 houses under construction, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 256,669 bushels of turnips, 171,186 bushels of winter wheat, 164,693 bushels of oats, 75,162 bushels of peas and beans, 62,302 bushels of potatoes, 21,592 bushels of barley, 21,496 bushels of other root crops, 13,197 bushels of spring wheat, 9,826 tons of hay, 9,663 acres of wheat, 7,342 acres of hay crops, 760 bushels of corn, 519 acres of potatoes, 230 bushels of rye, 175 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 110 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,423 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:
ON176008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON104004— 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). "Brant, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brant-on176008-1881/.