Cramahe, Ontario (1881 census)
Cramahe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,481. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3002087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.080°N, 77.875°W.
Population
In 1881, Cramahe had a population of 3,481: 1,765 male and 1,716 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,993 |
| 1861 | 3,841 |
| 1871 | 3,833 |
| 1881 | 3,481 |
| 1891 | 2,995 |
| 1901 | 2,556 |
| 1911 | 2,373 |
| 1921 | 2,247 |
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, Cramahe 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 3,481 total population, 1,765 males, 1,716 females, 1,263 married persons, 710 families, 632 married females, 631 married males, 127 widowed persons, 96 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,091 single persons under 18, 1,103 single males under 18, 988 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 692 inhabited houses, 692 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 67,290 bushels of oats, 62,584 bushels of turnips, 61,832 bushels of barley, 52,153 bushels of potatoes, 43,857 bushels of spring wheat, 43,350 bushels of peas and beans, 20,510 bushels of corn, 15,563 bushels of rye, 13,111 bushels of buckwheat, 5,625 bushels of winter wheat, 5,517 acres of wheat, 4,517 bushels of other root crops, 4,018 tons of hay, 3,743 acres of hay crops, 722 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 548 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Cochrane | 1834–1907 | born here |
| George Albertus Cox | 1840–1914 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,480 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:
ON123001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132003_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3002087
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe
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). "Cramahe, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cramahe-on123001-1881/.