Christie, Monteith, Ontario (1881 census)
Christie, Monteith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 594. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.394°N, 79.703°W.
Population
In 1881, Christie, Monteith had a population of 594: 344 male and 250 female residents. Population density was 3.7 people per square mile.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Monteith, Spence & Christie, 1891 (66.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Christie, Monteith shared boundaries with:
- Foley, Cowper, McDougall
- Humphrey, Conger
- McKellar & Hagerman
- McMurrich & Stisted
- Spence Croft
- Watt, Cardwell
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 118 |
| Number of families | 118 |
| Number of females | 250 |
| Number of males | 344 |
| Number of married females | 101 |
| Number of married males | 102 |
| Number of married persons | 203 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 7 |
| POP TOT | 594 |
| Total population | 594 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 147 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 237 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 384 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 115 |
| Number of occupied houses | 118 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 20 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 450 |
| Acres of potatoes | 82 |
| Acres of wheat | 133 |
| BAR BU | 112 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 112 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 138 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,972 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,324 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,115 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 259 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,265 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 11,952 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 9 |
| CRN BU | 138 |
| HAY AC | 450 |
| HAY TONS | 460 |
| OAT BU | 7,972 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,324 |
| POT AC | 82 |
| POT BU | 11,115 |
| RYE BU | 259 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 460 |
| WHT AC | 133 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,265 |
| WHT WTR BU | 9 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 147 |
| C UNMD M | 237 |
| C UNMD TOT | 384 |
| D OCC | 118 |
| FEMALE | 250 |
| GRA BU | 12 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 115 |
| H UNINH | 20 |
| MALE | 344 |
| MD F | 101 |
| MD M | 102 |
| MD TOT | 203 |
| NUMBER CD | 131 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 200 |
| SHAN | 3 |
| TUR BU | 11,952 |
| WID F | 2 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 7 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON131018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131018— 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). "Christie, Monteith, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/christie-monteith-on131018-1881/.