Brock, Ontario (1881 census)
Brock was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,378. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q387094. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.288°N, 79.074°W.
Population
In 1881, Brock had a population of 4,378: 2,243 male and 2,135 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,518 |
| 1861 | 4,625 |
| 1871 | 5,175 |
| 1881 | 4,378 |
| 1891 | 4,071 |
| 1901 | 3,727 |
| 1911 | 3,330 |
| 1921 | 2,835 |
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, Brock 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 4,378 total population, 2,243 males, 2,135 females, 1,408 married persons, 857 families, 705 married males, 703 married females, 154 widowed persons, 101 widowed females, 53 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,816 single persons under 18, 1,485 single males under 18, 1,331 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 852 inhabited houses, 852 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 406,426 bushels of turnips, 213,763 bushels of oats, 157,885 bushels of spring wheat, 75,170 bushels of potatoes, 66,348 bushels of barley, 57,891 bushels of peas and beans, 21,448 bushels of other root crops, 18,403 acres of wheat, 5,706 bushels of winter wheat, 4,665 tons of hay, 4,073 acres of hay crops, 1,732 bushels of corn, 1,642 bushels of rye, 601 acres of potatoes, 381 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 338 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,378 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:
ON133005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q387094
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock,_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). "Brock, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brock-on133005-1881/.