Caistor, Ontario (1881 census)
Caistor was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,164. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.066°N, 79.661°W.
Population
In 1881, Caistor had a population of 2,164: 1,125 male and 1,039 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,398 |
| 1861 | 2,005 |
| 1871 | 2,166 |
| 1881 | 2,164 |
| 1891 | 2,002 |
| 1901 | 1,784 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1911 | 1,481 |
| 1921 | 1,300 |
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, Caistor 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 2,164 total population, 1,125 males, 1,039 females, 776 married persons, 464 families, 389 married males, 387 married females, 87 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,301 single persons under 18, 700 single males under 18, 601 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 456 occupied houses, 455 inhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 71,017 bushels of oats, 53,917 bushels of winter wheat, 14,225 bushels of corn, 11,160 bushels of potatoes, 10,724 bushels of barley, 5,756 bushels of peas and beans, 4,810 acres of hay crops, 4,476 bushels of rye, 4,157 tons of hay, 3,929 acres of wheat, 3,781 bushels of other root crops, 2,061 bushels of turnips, 1,211 bushels of buckwheat, 954 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 154 acres of potatoes, 39 bushels of spring wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,164 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:
ON144001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126001_1911— 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). "Caistor, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caistor-on144001-1881/.