Howard, Ontario (1881 census)
Howard was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,962. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.455°N, 81.912°W.
Population
In 1881, Howard had a population of 3,962: 2,097 male and 1,865 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 3,976 |
| 1871 | 4,512 |
| 1881 | 3,962 |
| 1891 | 3,626 |
| 1901 | 3,243 |
| 1911 | 2,958 |
| 1921 | 2,897 |
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, Howard 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 3,962 total population, 2,097 males, 1,865 females, 1,366 married persons, 801 families, 685 married females, 681 married males, 139 widowed persons, 85 widowed females, 54 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,457 single persons under 18, 1,362 single males under 18, 1,095 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 799 inhabited houses, 799 occupied houses, 42 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 199,774 bushels of winter wheat, 132,330 bushels of corn, 106,395 bushels of oats, 45,862 bushels of peas and beans, 34,863 bushels of potatoes, 12,316 bushels of barley, 10,159 acres of wheat, 9,393 bushels of other root crops, 7,919 bushels of turnips, 6,341 tons of hay, 5,199 acres of hay crops, 1,259 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,007 bushels of spring wheat, 628 bushels of buckwheat, 250 bushels of rye, 236 acres of potatoes. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald Lampman | 1861–1899 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,962 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:
ON178001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121005— 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). "Howard, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howard-on178001-1881/.