Kingsville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Kingsville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 863. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3085326. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.043°N, 82.738°W.

Population

In 1881, Kingsville, T-V had a population of 863: 456 male and 407 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 Gosfield, 1871 (1.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Kingsville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Gosfield

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 863 total population, 456 males, 407 females, 294 married persons, 178 families, 151 married males, 143 married females, 40 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 529 single persons under 18, 292 single males under 18, 237 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 174 inhabited houses, 174 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,291 bushels of winter wheat, 6,907 bushels of corn, 3,207 bushels of oats, 2,695 bushels of potatoes, 1,170 bushels of turnips, 695 bushels of other root crops, 553 acres of wheat, 203 tons of hay, 153 acres of hay crops, 50 bushels of rye, 36 bushels of buckwheat, 19 acres of potatoes, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 863 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: ON181007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3085326
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsville,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsville_(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). "Kingsville, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingsville-t-v-on181007-1881/.