Clinton, Ontario (1881 census)
Clinton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.145°N, 79.452°W.
Population
In 1881, Clinton had a population of 2,399: 1,198 male and 1,201 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,399 |
| 1891 | 2,137 |
| 1901 | 2,056 |
| 1911 | 2,381 |
| 1921 | 2,892 |
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, Clinton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,399 total population, 1,201 females, 1,198 males, 864 married persons, 486 families, 432 married females, 432 married males, 79 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,456 single persons under 18, 736 single males under 18, 720 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 478 inhabited houses, 478 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 92,049 bushels of winter wheat, 56,540 bushels of oats, 47,723 bushels of corn, 11,247 bushels of barley, 11,047 bushels of potatoes, 4,455 acres of wheat, 4,192 tons of hay, 3,663 acres of hay crops, 2,909 bushels of other root crops, 1,165 bushels of spring wheat, 1,017 bushels of turnips, 877 bushels of peas and beans, 838 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 725 bushels of buckwheat, 723 bushels of rye, 97 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Theresa Mary Johnson | 1863–1899 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,399 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:
ON145004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126002_1881— 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). "Clinton, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clinton-on145004-1881/.