Grantham, Ontario (1881 census)

Grantham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,218. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5596641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.176°N, 79.214°W.

Population

In 1881, Grantham had a population of 2,218: 1,151 male and 1,067 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Grantham, 1871 (92.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Grantham shared boundaries with:

• Louth
• Merritton, T-V
• Niagara, Township
• Port Dalhousie, VL
• St. Catharines, C
• Stamford
• Thorold
• Thorold, Village

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,218 total population, 1,151 males, 1,067 females, 711 married persons, 422 families, 361 married females, 350 married males, 92 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,415 single persons under 18, 767 single males under 18, 648 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 422 occupied houses, 419 inhabited houses, 35 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 69,512 bushels of winter wheat, 48,608 bushels of oats, 39,342 bushels of corn, 32,647 bushels of potatoes, 13,921 bushels of other root crops, 12,156 bushels of turnips, 9,560 bushels of barley, 3,292 acres of wheat, 3,050 acres of hay crops, 2,977 tons of hay, 1,131 bushels of peas and beans, 806 bushels of spring wheat, 400 acres of potatoes, 320 bushels of buckwheat, 305 bushels of rye, 112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,217 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: ON145002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5596641
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham_Township

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). "Grantham, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/grantham-on145002-1881/.