Cannington, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Cannington, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 922. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5032709. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.346°N, 79.047°W.

Population

In 1881, Cannington, VL had a population of 922: 467 male and 455 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Brock, 1871 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Cannington, VL shared boundaries with:

• Brock

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 922 total population, 467 males, 455 females, 299 married persons, 198 families, 152 married females, 147 married males, 33 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 590 single persons under 18, 306 single males under 18, 284 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 182 inhabited houses, 182 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,110 bushels of oats, 3,611 bushels of potatoes, 3,216 bushels of other root crops, 2,326 bushels of spring wheat, 1,930 bushels of barley, 796 bushels of peas and beans, 409 acres of wheat, 400 bushels of winter wheat, 142 bushels of corn, 77 tons of hay, 69 acres of hay crops, 33 acres of potatoes, 30 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 922 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: ON133011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5032709
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannington,_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). "Cannington, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cannington-vl-on133011-1881/.