Finch, Ontario (1881 census)
Finch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,005. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.175°N, 75.124°W.
Population
In 1881, Finch had a population of 4,005: 2,010 male and 1,995 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,450 |
| 1861 | 2,399 |
| 1871 | 2,729 |
| 1881 | 4,005 |
| 1891 | 3,509 |
| 1901 | 3,765 |
| 1911 | 3,227 |
| 1921 | 2,932 |
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, Finch shared boundaries with:
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 4,005 total population, 2,010 males, 1,995 females, 1,200 married persons, 692 families, 602 married males, 598 married females, 155 widowed persons, 109 widowed females, 46 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,650 single persons under 18, 1,362 single males under 18, 1,288 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 689 inhabited houses, 689 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 149,923 bushels of oats, 55,021 bushels of potatoes, 11,152 bushels of peas and beans, 6,693 bushels of spring wheat, 5,967 bushels of barley, 5,006 acres of hay crops, 4,815 tons of hay, 4,538 bushels of corn, 4,281 bushels of buckwheat, 3,628 bushels of winter wheat, 3,357 bushels of other root crops, 2,047 bushels of rye, 1,181 acres of wheat, 1,008 bushels of turnips, 509 acres of potatoes, 307 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A.P. (Alexander Peter) Cockburn | 1837–1905 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,006 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:
ON101003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON145002— 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). "Finch, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/finch-on101003-1881/.