Dorchester N, Ontario (1881 census)
Dorchester N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,056. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.962°N, 81.023°W.
Population
In 1881, Dorchester N had a population of 4,056: 2,093 male and 1,963 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,117 |
| 1881 | 4,056 |
| 1891 | 3,752 |
| 1911 | 3,340 |
| 1921 | 3,104 |
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, Dorchester N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,056 total population, 2,093 males, 1,963 females, 1,389 married persons, 816 families, 698 married males, 691 married females, 130 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,537 single persons under 18, 1,353 single males under 18, 1,184 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 815 occupied houses, 814 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 172,645 bushels of oats, 110,758 bushels of turnips, 96,020 bushels of winter wheat, 90,481 bushels of corn, 38,769 bushels of potatoes, 23,120 bushels of barley, 22,838 bushels of other root crops, 7,409 tons of hay, 6,753 bushels of peas and beans, 5,308 acres of wheat, 5,296 acres of hay crops, 1,309 bushels of spring wheat, 620 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 587 acres of potatoes, 585 bushels of rye, 424 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,056 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:
ON167002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128005_1911— 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). "Dorchester N, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dorchester-n-on167002-1881/.