Griffith, Matawatchan, Ontario (1881 census)

Name: Griffith, Matawatchan (1881)
Address: Ontario, CA

Griffith, Matawatchan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 614. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.238°N, 77.119°W.

Population

In 1881, Griffith, Matawatchan had a population of 614: 312 male and 302 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Matawatchan, 1891 (50.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Griffith, 1891 (49.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Griffith, Matawatchan shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 614 total population, 312 males, 302 females, 178 married persons, 103 families, 89 married females, 89 married males, 9 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 427 single persons under 18, 220 single males under 18, 207 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 103 inhabited houses, 103 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,605 bushels of potatoes, 7,325 bushels of oats, 2,578 bushels of spring wheat, 1,755 bushels of peas and beans, 1,616 bushels of rye, 1,450 bushels of turnips, 1,192 acres of hay crops, 888 tons of hay, 501 bushels of corn, 409 bushels of buckwheat, 300 bushels of barley, 250 acres of wheat, 108 bushels of other root crops, 99 acres of potatoes, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 614 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: ON113010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113010 — 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). "Griffith, Matawatchan, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/griffith-matawatchan-on113010-1881/.