Brighton, Ontario (1881 census)
Brighton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.119°N, 77.758°W.
Population
In 1881, Brighton had a population of 3,470: 1,792 male and 1,678 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Brighton, 1891 (88.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Brighton 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 3,470 total population, 1,792 males, 1,678 females, 1,332 married persons, 733 families, 667 married females, 665 married males, 126 widowed persons, 90 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,012 single persons under 18, 1,091 single males under 18, 921 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 706 inhabited houses, 706 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 86,833 bushels of barley, 72,002 bushels of oats, 63,552 bushels of potatoes, 46,587 bushels of peas and beans, 35,304 bushels of spring wheat, 26,367 bushels of corn, 16,482 bushels of rye, 15,222 bushels of buckwheat, 12,550 bushels of winter wheat, 9,239 bushels of turnips, 5,694 bushels of other root crops, 4,835 tons of hay, 4,723 acres of wheat, 4,174 acres of hay crops, 1,568 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 611 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,470 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:
ON123003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2925383
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_(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). "Brighton, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-on123003-1881/.