Hope, Ontario (1881 census)
Hope was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,522. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.017°N, 78.392°W.
Population
In 1881, Hope had a population of 4,522: 2,293 male and 2,229 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,299 |
| 1861 | 5,883 |
| 1871 | 5,075 |
| 1881 | 4,522 |
| 1891 | 3,887 |
| 1901 | 3,273 |
| 1911 | 3,115 |
| 1921 | 2,754 |
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, Hope shared boundaries with:
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 4,522 total population, 2,293 males, 2,229 females, 1,512 married persons, 929 families, 761 married females, 751 married males, 168 widowed persons, 104 widowed females, 64 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,842 single persons under 18, 1,478 single males under 18, 1,364 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 928 occupied houses, 926 inhabited houses, 55 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 207,917 bushels of turnips, 147,191 bushels of oats, 138,261 bushels of barley, 90,343 bushels of peas and beans, 73,346 bushels of potatoes, 66,972 bushels of spring wheat, 37,685 bushels of other root crops, 12,972 bushels of corn, 10,590 bushels of rye, 7,269 tons of hay, 7,055 acres of wheat, 6,983 bushels of winter wheat, 5,895 acres of hay crops, 2,770 bushels of buckwheat, 1,112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 679 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Augustus O’Meara | 1814–1888 | died here |
| Sidney Smith | 1823–1889 | born here |
| Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | 1837–1885 | born here |
| Edward Douglas Armour | 1851–1922 | born here |
| Emily Ann McCausland Shortt | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Franklin Bates Polson | 1858–1907 | born here |
| Frederick Charles Gilchrist | 1859–1896 | born here |
| Bertha Harmer | 1880–1934 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,522 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:
ON127001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON108005_1891— 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). "Hope, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hope-on127001-1881/.