Harriston, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Harriston, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,772. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5666261. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.917°N, 80.872°W.

Population

In 1881, Harriston, T-V had a population of 1,772: 895 male and 877 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 Minto, 1871 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Harriston, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Minto

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 1,772 total population, 895 males, 877 females, 603 married persons, 389 families, 306 married males, 297 married females, 53 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,116 single persons under 18, 576 single males under 18, 540 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 374 occupied houses, 373 inhabited houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,360 bushels of turnips, 8,895 bushels of potatoes, 4,952 bushels of oats, 2,605 bushels of winter wheat, 1,395 bushels of peas and beans, 1,271 bushels of other root crops, 1,085 bushels of spring wheat, 851 bushels of barley, 374 tons of hay, 271 acres of hay crops, 228 acres of wheat, 82 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of buckwheat, 20 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,772 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: ON153003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5666261
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriston,_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). "Harriston, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/harriston-t-v-on153003-1881/.