Brook, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Brook, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 333. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.585°N, 80.960°W.
Population
In 1881, Brook, Village had a population of 333: 184 male and 149 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Sarawack, 1871 (12.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Sarawak, 1891 (12.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Brook, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 333 total population, 184 males, 149 females, 117 married persons, 79 families, 59 married females, 58 married males, 12 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 204 single persons under 18, 122 single males under 18, 82 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 79 inhabited houses, 79 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,034 bushels of potatoes, 1,154 bushels of winter wheat, 928 bushels of oats, 417 bushels of spring wheat, 240 bushels of turnips, 236 bushels of other root crops, 225 bushels of peas and beans, 58 acres of wheat, 41 acres of potatoes, 40 tons of hay, 32 bushels of barley, 24 acres of hay crops, 10 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 333 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:
ON156007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON156007— 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). "Brook, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brook-village-on156007-1881/.