Hungerford, Ontario (1881 census)

Hungerford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,559. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.461°N, 77.245°W.

Population

In 1881, Hungerford had a population of 4,559: 2,381 male and 2,178 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Hungerford shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
• Huntingdon
• Kaladar, Anglesea
• Madoc
• Richmond
• Sheffield
• Tyendinaga

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 4,559 total population, 2,381 males, 2,178 females, 1,437 married persons, 819 families, 722 married males, 715 married females, 150 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 64 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,972 single persons under 18, 1,595 single males under 18, 1,377 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 802 inhabited houses, 802 occupied houses, 43 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 87,983 bushels of potatoes, 73,424 bushels of oats, 62,017 bushels of barley, 41,435 bushels of rye, 32,381 bushels of peas and beans, 23,465 bushels of corn, 6,913 bushels of turnips, 6,774 bushels of spring wheat, 6,764 bushels of winter wheat, 6,183 bushels of other root crops, 5,056 bushels of buckwheat, 4,335 acres of hay crops, 4,150 tons of hay, 2,124 acres of wheat, 813 acres of potatoes, 155 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,554 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: ON120003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON073002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261809

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). "Hungerford, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hungerford-on120003-1881/.