Lansdowne, Rear, Ontario (1881 census)
Lansdowne, Rear was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,192. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.547°N, 76.064°W.
Population
In 1881, Lansdowne, Rear had a population of 1,192: 609 male and 583 female residents.
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 Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear, 1871 (57.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Leeds & Lansdowne Rear, 1891 (57.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lansdowne, Rear shared boundaries with:
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 1,192 total population, 609 males, 583 females, 386 married persons, 226 families, 193 married females, 193 married males, 38 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 768 single persons under 18, 400 single males under 18, 368 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 226 occupied houses, 225 inhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 26,859 bushels of oats, 15,484 bushels of potatoes, 5,213 bushels of corn, 4,844 bushels of rye, 4,284 bushels of winter wheat, 3,849 bushels of peas and beans, 3,733 bushels of barley, 2,326 tons of hay, 2,224 acres of hay crops, 1,734 bushels of other root crops, 1,079 bushels of buckwheat, 847 bushels of spring wheat, 613 acres of wheat, 571 bushels of turnips, 150 acres of potatoes, 82 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 1,192 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:
ON110002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110002_1881_1881— 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). "Lansdowne, Rear, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lansdowne-rear-on110002-1881/.