Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Chippawa, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 664. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q602402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.055°N, 79.052°W.
Population
In 1881, Chippawa, Village had a population of 664: 325 male and 339 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,095 |
| 1871 | 922 |
| 1881 | 664 |
| 1891 | 523 |
| 1901 | 460 |
| 1911 | 707 |
| 1921 | 1,137 |
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, Chippawa, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 664 total population, 339 females, 325 males, 222 married persons, 139 families, 111 married females, 111 married males, 38 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 404 single persons under 18, 206 single males under 18, 198 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 135 inhabited houses, 135 occupied houses, 44 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,648 bushels of potatoes, 385 bushels of oats, 326 bushels of winter wheat, 180 bushels of other root crops, 168 bushels of corn, 70 bushels of barley, 34 tons of hay, 30 bushels of turnips, 27 acres of hay crops, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 24 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of rye, 16 acres of potatoes, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 664 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:
ON142011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON151014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q602402
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippawa,_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). "Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chippawa-village-on142011-1881/.