Brussels, Ontario (1881 census)
Brussels was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 719. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q994375. 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.
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 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 719 total population, 363 males, 356 females, 260 married persons, 139 families, 132 married females, 128 married males, 14 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 445 single persons under 18, 232 single males under 18, 213 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 inhabited houses, 139 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,304 bushels of potatoes, 1,415 bushels of spring wheat, 1,245 bushels of oats, 918 bushels of turnips, 762 bushels of other root crops, 730 bushels of winter wheat, 275 bushels of peas and beans, 122 acres of wheat, 82 tons of hay, 65 acres of hay crops, 40 bushels of barley, 21 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 719 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:
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: Q994375
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels,_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). "Brussels, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brussels-on174008-1881/.