March, Ontario (1881 census)
March was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,318. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.375°N, 75.962°W.
Population
In 1881, March had a population of 1,318: 648 male and 670 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,125 |
| 1861 | 1,454 |
| 1871 | 1,347 |
| 1881 | 1,318 |
| 1891 | 1,264 |
| 1901 | 1,184 |
| 1911 | 967 |
| 1921 | 894 |
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, March 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 1,318 total population, 670 females, 648 males, 372 married persons, 252 families, 186 married females, 186 married males, 45 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 901 single persons under 18, 453 single females under 18, 448 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 252 occupied houses, 249 inhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 55,495 bushels of oats, 48,925 bushels of turnips, 27,604 bushels of potatoes, 16,797 bushels of other root crops, 15,579 bushels of peas and beans, 11,958 bushels of spring wheat, 4,118 bushels of barley, 2,996 bushels of buckwheat, 2,512 bushels of rye, 2,250 acres of hay crops, 2,116 tons of hay, 1,438 acres of wheat, 1,070 bushels of corn, 226 acres of potatoes, 170 bushels of winter wheat, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Wentworth Monk | 1827–1896 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,318 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:
ON108006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105006— 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). "March, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/march-on108006-1881/.