Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Georgetown, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,471. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3103735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.648°N, 79.930°W.
Population
In 1881, Georgetown, Village had a population of 1,471: 712 male and 759 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,158 |
| 1871 | 1,282 |
| 1881 | 1,471 |
| 1891 | 1,509 |
| 1901 | 1,313 |
| 1911 | 1,583 |
| 1921 | 2,061 |
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, Georgetown, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,471 total population, 759 females, 712 males, 511 married persons, 305 families, 257 married females, 254 married males, 69 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 891 single persons under 18, 455 single females under 18, 436 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 289 inhabited houses, 289 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,979 bushels of potatoes, 2,390 bushels of turnips, 2,023 bushels of other root crops, 1,895 bushels of oats, 1,877 bushels of winter wheat, 540 bushels of barley, 376 bushels of corn, 295 bushels of peas and beans, 266 tons of hay, 170 acres of hay crops, 103 acres of wheat, 33 acres of potatoes, 30 bushels of spring wheat. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Roaf Barber | 1841–1917 | born and died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,471 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:
ON150009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON117006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3103735
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_(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). "Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/georgetown-village-on150009-1881/.