Medora & Wood, Ontario (1881 census)
Medora & Wood was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,116. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.028°N, 79.591°W.
Population
In 1881, Medora & Wood had a population of 1,116: 634 male and 482 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,116 |
| 1891 | 921 |
| 1901 | 1,116 |
| 1911 | 909 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Wood, 1871 (42.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Medora & Wood shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,116 total population, 634 males, 482 females, 344 married persons, 211 families, 174 married males, 170 married females, 21 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 10 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 751 single persons under 18, 449 single males under 18, 302 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 211 occupied houses, 210 inhabited houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 19 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,819 bushels of potatoes, 10,177 bushels of turnips, 6,112 bushels of oats, 2,003 bushels of peas and beans, 1,032 acres of hay crops, 928 tons of hay, 864 bushels of other root crops, 805 bushels of rye, 793 bushels of spring wheat, 767 bushels of corn, 120 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of barley, 97 bushels of buckwheat, 76 acres of wheat, 29 bushels of winter wheat, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,116 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:
ON131004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON098011_1881— 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). "Medora & Wood, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/medora-wood-on131004-1881/.