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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q1438830. 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.
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 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 690 total population, 351 males, 339 females, 224 married persons, 127 families, 113 married females, 111 married males, 30 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 436 single persons under 18, 230 single males under 18, 206 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 119 inhabited houses, 119 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,225 bushels of potatoes, 2,345 bushels of oats, 2,035 bushels of turnips, 243 tons of hay, 226 bushels of barley, 201 acres of hay crops, 182 bushels of other root crops, 60 bushels of peas and beans, 60 bushels of spring wheat, 48 acres of potatoes, 3 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 690 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:
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: Q1438830
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(Ontario)
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/.