Lochiel, Ontario (1881 census)
Lochiel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,525. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.398°N, 74.595°W.
Population
In 1881, Lochiel had a population of 5,525: 2,690 male and 2,835 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,174 |
| 1861 | 5,069 |
| 1871 | 4,827 |
| 1881 | 5,525 |
| 1891 | 5,016 |
| 1901 | 4,857 |
| 1911 | 4,392 |
| 1921 | 4,078 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Alexandria, Village, 1891 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Lochiel shared boundaries with:
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 5,525 total population, 2,835 females, 2,690 males, 1,464 married persons, 899 families, 734 married females, 730 married males, 234 widowed persons, 173 widowed females, 61 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,827 single persons under 18, 1,928 single females under 18, 1,899 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 879 inhabited houses, 879 occupied houses, 63 uninhabited houses, 16 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 199,670 bushels of oats, 57,990 bushels of potatoes, 42,496 bushels of peas and beans, 17,932 bushels of spring wheat, 6,773 tons of hay, 6,664 acres of hay crops, 3,970 bushels of corn, 3,720 bushels of barley, 2,739 acres of wheat, 2,509 bushels of buckwheat, 1,327 bushels of winter wheat, 1,321 bushels of other root crops, 562 acres of potatoes, 302 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 bushels of turnips, 65 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Hugh Gauthier | 1843–1922 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,540 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:
ON099004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON112004_1891— 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). "Lochiel, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lochiel-on099004-1881/.