Dunnville, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Dunnville, Village was a village 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, Village had a population of 1,808: 882 male and 926 female residents. Population density was 1802.4 people per square mile.
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, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 59 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 397 |
| Number of families | 397 |
| Number of females | 926 |
| Number of males | 882 |
| Number of married females | 299 |
| Number of married males | 295 |
| Number of married persons | 594 |
| Number of widowed females | 52 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 75 |
| POP TOT | 1,808 |
| Total population | 1,808 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 575 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 564 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,139 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 393 |
| Number of occupied houses | 393 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 73 |
| Acres of potatoes | 20 |
| Acres of wheat | 50 |
| BAR BU | 53 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 140 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2,584 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,785 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 151 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 234 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,697 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 919 |
| BWT BU | 140 |
| CRN BU | 2,584 |
| HAY AC | 73 |
| HAY TONS | 87 |
| OAT BU | 1,785 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 234 |
| POT AC | 20 |
| POT BU | 2,697 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 87 |
| WHT AC | 50 |
| WHT WTR BU | 919 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 575 |
| C UNMD M | 564 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,139 |
| D OCC | 393 |
| FEMALE | 926 |
| H INHAB | 393 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| MALE | 882 |
| MD F | 299 |
| MD M | 295 |
| MD TOT | 594 |
| NUMBER CD | 144 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 151 |
| TUR BU | 4 |
| WID F | 52 |
| WID M | 23 |
| WID TOT | 75 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON144009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115012— 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, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnville-village-on144009-1881/.