Mill Point, Village, Ontario (1881 census)

Mill Point, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.185°N, 77.236°W.

Population

In 1881, Mill Point, Village had a population of 1,670: 858 male and 812 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 Tyendinaga, 1871 (0.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Tyendinaga, 1891 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Mill Point, Village shared boundaries with:

• Tyendinaga

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 1,670 total population, 858 males, 812 females, 605 married persons, 336 families, 305 married females, 300 married males, 51 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,014 single persons under 18, 539 single males under 18, 475 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 336 occupied houses, 335 inhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,130 bushels of barley, 1,545 bushels of potatoes, 1,253 bushels of other root crops, 656 bushels of corn, 410 bushels of oats, 365 bushels of peas and beans, 80 bushels of rye, 80 bushels of spring wheat, 41 bushels of buckwheat, 18 bushels of winter wheat, 16 tons of hay, 15 acres of potatoes, 13 acres of hay crops, 12 acres of wheat, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,670 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: ON120004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120004 — 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). "Mill Point, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mill-point-village-on120004-1881/.