Etobicoke, Ontario (1881 census)

Etobicoke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,976. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1020159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.672°N, 79.555°W.

Population

In 1881, Etobicoke had a population of 2,976: 1,579 male and 1,397 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Weston, Village, 1891 (2.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Etobicoke shared boundaries with:

• Toronto Gore
• Toronto, Township
• Vaughan
• York W-O

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 2,976 total population, 1,579 males, 1,397 females, 938 married persons, 563 families, 470 married males, 468 married females, 101 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,937 single persons under 18, 1,081 single males under 18, 856 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 552 inhabited houses, 552 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 104,791 bushels of oats, 92,905 bushels of potatoes, 90,305 bushels of barley, 52,369 bushels of winter wheat, 50,000 bushels of turnips, 41,705 bushels of other root crops, 15,766 bushels of peas and beans, 5,876 bushels of spring wheat, 5,394 tons of hay, 4,192 acres of hay crops, 3,802 acres of wheat, 3,485 bushels of corn, 861 acres of potatoes, 738 bushels of rye, 345 bushels of buckwheat, 163 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 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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,976 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: ON136004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1020159
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke

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). "Etobicoke, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/etobicoke-on136004-1881/.