Mississagua River, Ontario (1881 census)
Mississagua River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 360. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.261°N, 83.019°W.
Population
In 1881, Mississagua River had a population of 360: 192 male and 168 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 Mississaga, 1871 (2.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Mississagua, 1891 (63.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Mississagua River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 360 total population, 192 males, 168 females, 116 married persons, 75 families, 58 married females, 58 married males, 14 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 230 single persons under 18, 132 single males under 18, 98 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 68 occupied houses, 52 inhabited houses, 16 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,221 bushels of potatoes, 420 bushels of oats, 139 acres of hay crops, 133 tons of hay, 131 bushels of peas and beans, 111 bushels of corn, 70 bushels of turnips, 68 bushels of barley, 28 acres of potatoes, 26 bushels of other root crops, 8 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 360 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:
ON182015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON182015— 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). "Mississagua River, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mississagua-river-on182015-1881/.