Gordon, Mills, Ontario (1881 census)
Gordon, Mills was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.828°N, 82.487°W.
Population
In 1881, Gordon, Mills had a population of 809: 429 male and 380 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 Manitoulin, Centre, 1871 (10.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gordon, 1891 (51.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Mills, 1891 (47.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gore Bay, Town—Ville, 1891 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Gordon, Mills 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 809 total population, 429 males, 380 females, 237 married persons, 160 families, 120 married males, 117 married females, 15 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 557 single persons under 18, 303 single males under 18, 254 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 160 inhabited houses, 160 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,402 bushels of potatoes, 5,096 bushels of spring wheat, 3,745 bushels of turnips, 2,466 bushels of oats, 1,778 bushels of peas and beans, 797 bushels of barley, 636 acres of wheat, 490 acres of hay crops, 405 tons of hay, 279 bushels of corn, 109 bushels of other root crops, 107 bushels of buckwheat, 44 acres of potatoes, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 809 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:
ON182009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182009— 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). "Gordon, Mills, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gordon-mills-on182009-1881/.