Collingwood, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)

Name: Collingwood, Town—Ville (1881)
Address: Ontario, CA

Collingwood, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,445. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3501912. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.497°N, 80.211°W.

Population

In 1881, Collingwood, Town—Ville had a population of 4,445: 2,249 male and 2,196 female residents.

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 Collingwood, Town—Ville, 1871 (81.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Collingwood, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Nottawasaga

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 4,445 total population, 2,249 males, 2,196 females, 1,407 married persons, 814 families, 704 married males, 703 married females, 146 widowed persons, 108 widowed females, 38 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,892 single persons under 18, 1,507 single males under 18, 1,385 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 794 inhabited houses, 794 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,481 bushels of potatoes, 4,045 bushels of spring wheat, 2,803 bushels of oats, 2,314 bushels of other root crops, 2,070 bushels of winter wheat, 1,760 bushels of turnips, 1,444 bushels of peas and beans, 1,245 bushels of barley, 438 tons of hay, 370 acres of wheat, 337 acres of hay crops, 90 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of rye, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,445 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: ON139003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3501912
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood,_Ontario
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_(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). "Collingwood, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/collingwood-town-ville-on139003-1881/.