Burford, Ontario (1881 census)
Burford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,466. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260971. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.082°N, 80.489°W.
Population
In 1881, Burford had a population of 5,466: 2,819 male and 2,647 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,433 |
| 1861 | 5,599 |
| 1871 | 5,543 |
| 1881 | 5,466 |
| 1891 | 4,939 |
| 1901 | 4,512 |
| 1911 | 4,133 |
| 1921 | 4,126 |
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, Burford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 5,466 total population, 2,819 males, 2,647 females, 1,938 married persons, 1,130 families, 973 married males, 965 married females, 203 widowed persons, 141 widowed females, 62 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,325 single persons under 18, 1,784 single males under 18, 1,541 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,119 occupied houses, 1,118 inhabited houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 72,569 bushels of oats, 55,502 bushels of winter wheat, 41,722 bushels of corn, 36,600 bushels of turnips, 26,493 bushels of potatoes, 14,617 bushels of barley, 12,427 bushels of peas and beans, 7,966 bushels of other root crops, 3,937 tons of hay, 3,502 acres of wheat, 3,086 acres of hay crops, 2,949 bushels of buckwheat, 2,423 bushels of spring wheat, 778 bushels of rye, 445 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 373 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmot Deloui Matthews | 1850–1919 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,466 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:
ON159002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON103002_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260971
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). "Burford, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burford-on159002-1881/.