Elzevir & Grimsthorpe, Ontario (1881 census)
Elzevir & Grimsthorpe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,514. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.708°N, 77.387°W.
Population
In 1881, Elzevir & Grimsthorpe had a population of 1,514: 759 male and 755 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,393 |
| 1881 | 1,514 |
| 1891 | 1,506 |
| 1901 | 1,501 |
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, Elzevir & Grimsthorpe 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 1,514 total population, 759 males, 755 females, 462 married persons, 275 families, 232 married females, 230 married males, 38 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,014 single persons under 18, 518 single males under 18, 496 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 275 occupied houses, 270 inhabited houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 21,498 bushels of potatoes, 18,715 bushels of oats, 5,931 bushels of rye, 5,635 bushels of corn, 4,034 bushels of barley, 3,315 bushels of peas and beans, 2,787 bushels of turnips, 1,515 bushels of buckwheat, 1,327 tons of hay, 1,238 acres of hay crops, 1,220 bushels of spring wheat, 639 bushels of other root crops, 240 acres of wheat, 201 acres of potatoes, 77 bushels of winter wheat, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flora Macdonald Merrill | 1867–1921 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,514 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:
ON122012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON071004— 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). "Elzevir & Grimsthorpe, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/elzevir-grimsthorpe-on122012-1881/.