Matawin, Ontario (1881 census)
Matawin was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,465. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.530°N, 89.617°W.
Population
In 1881, Matawin had a population of 1,465: 1,085 male and 380 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 Kaministikuia, 1871 (0.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized Territory, 1891 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Matawin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,465 total population, 1,085 males, 464 families, 436 married persons, 380 females, 253 married males, 183 married females, 21 widowed persons, 15 widowed males, 6 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,008 single persons under 18, 817 single males under 18, 191 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 336 occupied houses, 262 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 73 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 395 bushels of potatoes, 350 bushels of oats, 55 bushels of other root crops, 50 bushels of peas and beans, 50 bushels of turnips, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 19 tons of hay, 12 acres of hay crops, 5 bushels of barley, 5 bushels of spring wheat, 4 acres of wheat, 3 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,465 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:
ON182032— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182032— 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). "Matawin, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matawin-on182032-1881/.