Matilda, Ontario (1881 census)
Matilda was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.916°N, 75.348°W.
Population
In 1881, Matilda had a population of 4,692: 2,356 male and 2,336 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,198 |
| 1861 | 4,855 |
| 1871 | 4,767 |
| 1881 | 4,692 |
| 1891 | 4,138 |
| 1901 | 4,016 |
| 1911 | 3,664 |
| 1921 | 3,293 |
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, Matilda 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 4,692 total population, 2,356 males, 2,336 females, 1,498 married persons, 840 families, 750 married females, 748 married males, 194 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 65 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,000 single persons under 18, 1,543 single males under 18, 1,457 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 822 inhabited houses, 822 occupied houses, 69 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 218,046 bushels of oats, 102,787 bushels of barley, 73,943 bushels of potatoes, 14,926 bushels of corn, 10,412 tons of hay, 10,002 acres of hay crops, 7,495 bushels of peas and beans, 6,455 bushels of other root crops, 5,434 bushels of spring wheat, 3,882 bushels of winter wheat, 2,632 bushels of buckwheat, 1,121 acres of wheat, 1,087 bushels of rye, 743 acres of potatoes, 696 bushels of turnips, 513 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 |
|---|---|---|
| William Henry Brouse | 1824–1881 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,691 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:
ON102001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107001— 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). "Matilda, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matilda-on102001-1881/.