Euphemia, Ontario (1881 census)
Euphemia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.704°N, 81.921°W.
Population
In 1881, Euphemia had a population of 2,791: 1,422 male and 1,369 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,457 |
| 1861 | 2,109 |
| 1871 | 2,390 |
| 1881 | 2,791 |
| 1891 | 2,523 |
| 1901 | 2,321 |
| 1911 | 1,846 |
| 1921 | 1,543 |
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, Euphemia 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 2,791 total population, 1,422 males, 1,369 females, 884 married persons, 543 families, 442 married females, 442 married males, 98 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 40 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,809 single persons under 18, 940 single males under 18, 869 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 540 occupied houses, 537 inhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 97,421 bushels of oats, 75,113 bushels of winter wheat, 53,509 bushels of corn, 21,336 bushels of potatoes, 8,089 bushels of turnips, 6,042 bushels of other root crops, 4,768 bushels of barley, 4,254 bushels of peas and beans, 4,090 acres of wheat, 3,984 tons of hay, 3,681 acres of hay crops, 1,401 bushels of buckwheat, 366 bushels of spring wheat, 234 acres of potatoes, 158 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,791 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:
ON178005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122005_1891— 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). "Euphemia, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphemia-on178005-1881/.