Fort William, Ontario (1881 census)
Fort William was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 690. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.332°N, 89.256°W.
Population
In 1881, Fort William had a population of 690: 351 male and 339 female residents. Population density was 29.2 people per square mile.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Kaministikuia, 1871 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Fort William shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 127 |
| Number of families | 127 |
| Number of females | 339 |
| Number of males | 351 |
| Number of married females | 113 |
| Number of married males | 111 |
| Number of married persons | 224 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 30 |
| POP TOT | 690 |
| Total population | 690 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 206 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 230 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 436 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 119 |
| Number of occupied houses | 119 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 201 |
| Acres of potatoes | 48 |
| Acres of wheat | 3 |
| BAR BU | 226 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 226 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,345 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 182 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,225 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,035 |
| HAY AC | 201 |
| HAY TONS | 243 |
| OAT BU | 2,345 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 60 |
| POT AC | 48 |
| POT BU | 7,225 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 243 |
| WHT AC | 3 |
| WHT SP BU | 60 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 206 |
| C UNMD M | 230 |
| C UNMD TOT | 436 |
| D OCC | 119 |
| FEMALE | 339 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 119 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 351 |
| MD F | 113 |
| MD M | 111 |
| MD TOT | 224 |
| NUMBER CD | 182 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 182 |
| TUR BU | 2,035 |
| WID F | 20 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 30 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON182031— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182031— 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). "Fort William, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fort-william-on182031-1881/.