Glanford, Ontario (1881 census)
Glanford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.152°N, 79.892°W.
Population
In 1881, Glanford had a population of 1,977: 1,032 male and 945 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,008 |
| 1861 | 2,199 |
| 1871 | 2,039 |
| 1881 | 1,977 |
| 1891 | 1,744 |
| 1901 | 1,585 |
| 1911 | 1,413 |
| 1921 | 1,409 |
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, Glanford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,977 total population, 1,032 males, 945 females, 668 married persons, 372 families, 337 married males, 331 married females, 70 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,239 single persons under 18, 672 single males under 18, 567 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 362 inhabited houses, 362 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 106,706 bushels of oats, 55,758 bushels of winter wheat, 29,138 bushels of potatoes, 26,789 bushels of barley, 25,486 bushels of turnips, 24,938 bushels of corn, 11,493 bushels of other root crops, 5,284 tons of hay, 4,947 bushels of rye, 4,114 acres of hay crops, 3,531 acres of wheat, 3,363 bushels of peas and beans, 2,469 bushels of buckwheat, 1,552 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,000 bushels of spring wheat, 243 acres of potatoes. (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 Wesley Theaker | 1866–1915 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,977 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:
ON147004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON153007— 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). "Glanford, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glanford-on147004-1881/.