Howe Island, Ontario (1881 census)

Howe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 479. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261792. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.276°N, 76.275°W.

Population

In 1881, Howe Island had a population of 479: 248 male and 231 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 Pittsburg, Howe Island, 1871 (14.4% share).

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 479 total population, 248 males, 231 females, 131 married persons, 74 families, 67 married males, 64 married females, 22 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 326 single persons under 18, 170 single males under 18, 156 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 74 inhabited houses, 74 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,787 bushels of oats, 10,026 bushels of barley, 8,486 bushels of peas and beans, 4,970 bushels of potatoes, 4,010 bushels of spring wheat, 1,280 acres of hay crops, 990 tons of hay, 636 acres of wheat, 370 bushels of rye, 195 bushels of other root crops, 116 bushels of corn, 72 acres of potatoes, 69 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 bushels of turnips, 38 bushels of buckwheat, 7 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 479 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: ON115006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111006_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261792

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). "Howe Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howe-island-on115006-1881/.