Colborne, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Colborne, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,079. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.008°N, 77.885°W.
Population
In 1881, Colborne, Village had a population of 1,079: 508 male and 571 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 806 |
| 1871 | 823 |
| 1881 | 1,079 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 1,017 |
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, Colborne, Village 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 1,079 total population, 571 females, 508 males, 386 married persons, 229 families, 194 married females, 192 married males, 61 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 632 single persons under 18, 330 single females under 18, 302 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 223 inhabited houses, 223 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,281 bushels of potatoes, 3,254 bushels of turnips, 2,895 bushels of oats, 2,416 bushels of barley, 1,532 bushels of other root crops, 1,077 bushels of peas and beans, 1,013 bushels of corn, 798 bushels of buckwheat, 673 bushels of spring wheat, 315 tons of hay, 265 acres of hay crops, 120 bushels of rye, 109 acres of wheat, 40 bushels of winter wheat, 39 acres of potatoes, 13 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 1,079 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:
ON123002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095004— 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). "Colborne, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/colborne-village-on123002-1881/.