Minden, Ontario (1881 census)

Minden was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,110. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262328. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.995°N, 78.667°W.

Population

In 1881, Minden had a population of 1,110: 579 male and 531 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Minden shared boundaries with:

• Anson & Hindon
• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt & C.
• Glamorgan
• Lutterworth
• Snowden
• Stanhope, Sherburne, McClintock

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 1,110 total population, 579 males, 531 females, 340 married persons, 188 families, 171 married females, 169 married males, 22 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 748 single persons under 18, 403 single males under 18, 345 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 188 inhabited houses, 188 occupied houses, 18 uninhabited houses, 14 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,420 bushels of oats, 16,024 bushels of potatoes, 15,742 bushels of turnips, 4,475 bushels of peas and beans, 3,973 bushels of spring wheat, 3,103 bushels of other root crops, 1,865 acres of hay crops, 1,484 tons of hay, 983 bushels of corn, 842 bushels of buckwheat, 626 bushels of rye, 544 acres of wheat, 519 bushels of barley, 148 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 128 acres of potatoes, 1 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,110 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: ON125016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON116014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262328

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). "Minden, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/minden-on125016-1881/.