Markham, Ontario (1881 census)

Markham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,375. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6771030. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.887°N, 79.317°W.

Population

In 1881, Markham had a population of 6,375: 3,278 male and 3,097 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Markham shared boundaries with:

• Markham, Village
• Pickering
• Scarborough
• Stouffville, Village
• Vaughan
• Whitchurch
• York E

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 6,375 total population, 3,278 males, 3,097 females, 2,111 married persons, 1,245 families, 1,057 married males, 1,054 married females, 285 widowed persons, 193 widowed females, 92 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,979 single persons under 18, 2,129 single males under 18, 1,850 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,245 inhabited houses, 1,245 occupied houses, 62 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 271,851 bushels of oats, 199,181 bushels of barley, 122,312 bushels of turnips, 118,397 bushels of other root crops, 89,671 bushels of potatoes, 63,156 bushels of winter wheat, 55,954 bushels of peas and beans, 46,902 bushels of spring wheat, 10,589 tons of hay, 10,280 bushels of corn, 9,068 acres of wheat, 7,758 acres of hay crops, 971 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 964 bushels of rye, 856 acres of potatoes, 361 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,375 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: ON135003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON135003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6771030
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markham_Village

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). "Markham, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/markham-on135003-1881/.