Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)
Dunnville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,808. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.614°W.
Population
In 1881, Dunnville, T-V had a population of 1,808: 882 male and 926 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,268 |
| 1871 | 1,452 |
| 1881 | 1,808 |
| 1891 | 1,776 |
| 1901 | 2,105 |
| 1911 | 2,861 |
| 1921 | 3,224 |
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, Dunnville, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,808 total population, 926 females, 882 males, 594 married persons, 397 families, 299 married females, 295 married males, 75 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,139 single persons under 18, 575 single females under 18, 564 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 393 inhabited houses, 393 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,697 bushels of potatoes, 2,584 bushels of corn, 1,785 bushels of oats, 919 bushels of winter wheat, 234 bushels of peas and beans, 151 bushels of other root crops, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 87 tons of hay, 73 acres of hay crops, 53 bushels of barley, 50 acres of wheat, 20 acres of potatoes, 4 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,808 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:
ON144009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115012_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). "Dunnville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnville-t-v-on144009-1881/.