Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)
Cobourg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,957. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1007418. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.975°N, 78.180°W.
Population
In 1881, Cobourg, T-V had a population of 4,957: 2,364 male and 2,593 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,871 |
| 1861 | 4,975 |
| 1871 | 4,442 |
| 1881 | 4,957 |
| 1891 | 4,829 |
| 1901 | 4,239 |
| 1911 | 5,074 |
| 1921 | 5,327 |
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 contained Cobourg, T-V, 1871 (34.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Cobourg, T-V, 1891 (15.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Cobourg, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,957 total population, 2,593 females, 2,364 males, 1,529 married persons, 986 families, 768 married females, 761 married males, 263 widowed persons, 208 widowed females, 55 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,165 single persons under 18, 1,617 single females under 18, 1,548 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 950 inhabited houses, 950 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,198 bushels of potatoes, 11,481 bushels of other root crops, 7,049 bushels of oats, 5,820 bushels of barley, 2,387 bushels of peas and beans, 2,198 bushels of turnips, 1,869 bushels of corn, 1,306 bushels of spring wheat, 600 bushels of buckwheat, 545 tons of hay, 522 bushels of winter wheat, 386 acres of hay crops, 156 acres of potatoes, 140 acres of wheat, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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 Brooking | 1813–1893 | died here |
| Samuel Sobieski Nelles | 1823–1887 | died here |
| Sidney Smith | 1823–1889 | died here |
| John O’Connor | 1824–1887 | died here |
| Thomas Moss | 1836–1881 | born here |
| Sir Charles Moss | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Caleb Alvord Mallory | 1841–1926 | born and died here |
| Charles Arkoll Boulton | 1841–1899 | born here |
| Henry Norlande Ruttan | 1848–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON124004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132012_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1007418
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobourg_(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). "Cobourg, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cobourg-t-v-on124004-1881/.