Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,920. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.603°N, 74.599°W.
Population
In 1881, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 1,920: 977 male and 943 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,665 |
| 1861 | 1,259 |
| 1871 | 1,671 |
| 1881 | 1,920 |
| 1891 | 2,042 |
| 1901 | 4,150 |
| 1911 | 4,400 |
| 1921 | 5,544 |
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, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,920 total population, 977 males, 943 females, 610 married persons, 327 families, 306 married females, 304 married males, 50 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,260 single persons under 18, 655 single males under 18, 605 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 320 inhabited houses, 320 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,680 bushels of potatoes, 8,490 bushels of oats, 4,075 bushels of turnips, 2,058 bushels of other root crops, 1,847 bushels of corn, 928 bushels of peas and beans, 738 tons of hay, 589 bushels of spring wheat, 574 acres of hay crops, 405 bushels of barley, 399 bushels of buckwheat, 65 acres of wheat, 64 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of rye, 22 bushels of winter wheat, 3 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 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 Hamilton | 1827–1888 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,920 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:
ON103003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON139008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2573770
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury
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). "Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on103003-1881/.