Carleton Place, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)
Carleton Place, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,975. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1041701. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.143°N, 76.139°W.
Population
In 1881, Carleton Place, T-V had a population of 1,975: 978 male and 997 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,205 |
| 1881 | 1,975 |
| 1891 | 4,435 |
| 1901 | 4,059 |
| 1911 | 3,621 |
| 1921 | 3,841 |
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, Carleton Place, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,975 total population, 997 females, 978 males, 652 married persons, 395 families, 326 married females, 326 married males, 65 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,258 single persons under 18, 638 single males under 18, 620 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 395 inhabited houses, 395 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,972 bushels of potatoes, 940 bushels of oats, 447 bushels of corn, 278 bushels of peas and beans, 125 bushels of turnips, 122 bushels of rye, 105 bushels of other root crops, 102 bushels of spring wheat, 48 tons of hay, 43 acres of hay crops, 34 acres of potatoes, 24 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 6 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Bell | 1808–1894 | died here |
| Bennett Rosamond | 1833–1910 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,972 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:
ON111008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123016_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1041701
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Place
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Place
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). "Carleton Place, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/carleton-place-t-v-on111008-1881/.