Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud, Ontario (1881 census)
Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.584°N, 75.698°W.
Population
In 1881, Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud had a population of 1,109: 517 male and 592 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,109 |
| 1891 | 1,179 |
| 1901 | 1,256 |
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 was contained in Elizabethtown, 1871 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 219 |
| Number of families | 219 |
| Number of females | 592 |
| Number of males | 517 |
| Number of married females | 177 |
| Number of married males | 186 |
| Number of married persons | 363 |
| Number of widowed females | 52 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,109 |
| Total population | 1,109 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 363 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 318 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 681 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 197 |
| Number of occupied houses | 197 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 50 |
| HAY AC | 2 |
| HAY TONS | 2 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 100 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 363 |
| C UNMD M | 318 |
| C UNMD TOT | 681 |
| D OCC | 197 |
| FEMALE | 592 |
| H INHAB | 197 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| MALE | 517 |
| MD F | 177 |
| MD M | 186 |
| MD TOT | 363 |
| NUMBER CD | 109 |
| TUR BU | 50 |
| WID F | 52 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON109002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047004— 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). "Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-town-south-ward-quartier-sud-on109002-1881/.