Napanee, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)
Napanee, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,680. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.250°N, 76.963°W.
Population
In 1881, Napanee, T-V had a population of 3,680: 1,787 male and 1,893 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,773 |
| 1871 | 2,967 |
| 1881 | 3,680 |
| 1891 | 3,433 |
| 1901 | 3,143 |
| 1911 | 2,807 |
| 1921 | 3,038 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Napanee, T-V, 1891 (34.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Napanee, T-V 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 3,680 total population, 1,893 females, 1,787 males, 1,250 married persons, 762 families, 628 married females, 622 married males, 183 widowed persons, 149 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,247 single persons under 18, 1,131 single males under 18, 1,116 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 746 inhabited houses, 746 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 13 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 9,249 bushels of potatoes, 5,880 bushels of barley, 3,125 bushels of oats, 2,097 bushels of other root crops, 716 bushels of peas and beans, 648 bushels of rye, 625 bushels of corn, 263 bushels of spring wheat, 210 tons of hay, 156 acres of hay crops, 151 bushels of turnips, 90 bushels of buckwheat, 79 acres of potatoes, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 24 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Stevenson | 1812–1884 | died here |
| Edmund John Glyn Hooper | 1818–1889 | died here |
| John Herring | 1818–1896 | died here |
| Thomas Willet Casey | 1834–1903 | died here |
| Edmund James Bristol | 1861–1927 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,680 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:
ON117007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125007_1911— 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). "Napanee, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/napanee-t-v-on117007-1881/.