King, Ontario (1881 census)

King was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,664. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q483483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.962°N, 79.605°W.

Population

In 1881, King had a population of 6,664: 3,435 male and 3,229 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 King, 1871 (87.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, King shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Aurora, T-V
• Gwillimbury E
• Gwillimbury W-O
• Tecumseth
• Vaughan
• Whitchurch

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 6,664 total population, 3,435 males, 3,229 females, 2,118 married persons, 1,259 families, 1,062 married males, 1,056 married females, 243 widowed persons, 159 widowed females, 84 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 4,303 single persons under 18, 2,289 single males under 18, 2,014 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,257 occupied houses, 1,255 inhabited houses, 52 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 214,506 bushels of oats, 146,633 bushels of winter wheat, 121,776 bushels of barley, 93,701 bushels of turnips, 81,875 bushels of peas and beans, 76,688 bushels of potatoes, 53,552 bushels of spring wheat, 30,164 bushels of other root crops, 15,086 acres of wheat, 8,670 tons of hay, 6,577 acres of hay crops, 2,794 bushels of rye, 1,964 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,113 bushels of corn, 725 acres of potatoes, 204 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,664 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: ON137001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q483483
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(Ontario)

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). "King, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/king-on137001-1881/.