Burpee, Robinson, Barrie Island, Ontario (1881 census)
Burpee, Robinson, Barrie Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 538. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.866°N, 82.777°W.
Population
In 1881, Burpee, Robinson, Barrie Island had a population of 538: 298 male and 240 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 Manitoulin, W-O, 1871 (56.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Robinson, 1891 (56.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Burpee, 1891 (26.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Barrie Island, 1891 (16.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Burpee, Robinson, Barrie Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 538 total population, 298 males, 240 females, 155 married persons, 94 families, 80 married males, 75 married females, 11 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 372 single persons under 18, 211 single males under 18, 161 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 93 inhabited houses, 93 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,053 bushels of potatoes, 4,121 bushels of turnips, 2,076 bushels of spring wheat, 1,123 bushels of oats, 673 bushels of corn, 340 bushels of peas and beans, 256 bushels of barley, 241 acres of wheat, 194 tons of hay, 160 acres of hay crops, 91 bushels of other root crops, 74 bushels of rye, 56 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of winter wheat, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 536 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:
ON182010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182010— 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). "Burpee, Robinson, Barrie Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burpee-robinson-barrie-island-on182010-1881/.