Brussels, Ontario (1881 census)
Brussels was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 719. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.750°N, 81.240°W.
Population
In 1881, Brussels had a population of 719: 363 male and 356 female residents. Population density was 1432.4 people per square mile.
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 Grey, 1871 (0.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Brussels shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 139 |
| Number of families | 139 |
| Number of females | 356 |
| Number of males | 363 |
| Number of married females | 132 |
| Number of married males | 128 |
| Number of married persons | 260 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP TOT | 719 |
| Total population | 719 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 213 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 232 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 445 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 139 |
| Number of occupied houses | 139 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 65 |
| Acres of potatoes | 21 |
| Acres of wheat | 122 |
| BAR BU | 40 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,245 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 762 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 275 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,304 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,415 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 918 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 730 |
| CRN BU | 12 |
| HAY AC | 65 |
| HAY TONS | 82 |
| OAT BU | 1,245 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 275 |
| POT AC | 21 |
| POT BU | 2,304 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 82 |
| WHT AC | 122 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,415 |
| WHT WTR BU | 730 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 213 |
| C UNMD M | 232 |
| C UNMD TOT | 445 |
| D OCC | 139 |
| FEMALE | 356 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H INHAB | 139 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| MALE | 363 |
| MD F | 132 |
| MD M | 128 |
| MD TOT | 260 |
| NUMBER CD | 174 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 762 |
| TUR BU | 918 |
| WID F | 11 |
| WID M | 3 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON174008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON174008— 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). "Brussels, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brussels-on174008-1881/.