Niagara, Township, Ontario (1881 census)
Niagara, Township was a township in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,004. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.200°N, 79.108°W.
Population
In 1881, Niagara, Township had a population of 2,004: 992 male and 1,012 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Niagara, Township 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 2,004 total population, 1,012 females, 992 males, 649 married persons, 409 families, 326 married males, 323 married females, 109 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,246 single persons under 18, 633 single males under 18, 613 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 403 occupied houses, 397 inhabited houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 74,330 bushels of winter wheat, 62,930 bushels of oats, 37,594 bushels of corn, 24,407 bushels of potatoes, 9,622 bushels of barley, 8,719 bushels of other root crops, 7,022 bushels of turnips, 3,725 acres of wheat, 3,304 tons of hay, 3,297 acres of hay crops, 744 bushels of buckwheat, 669 bushels of peas and beans, 338 acres of potatoes, 279 bushels of spring wheat, 154 bushels of rye, 142 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Norton Hervey Crow | 1878–1929 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,445 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:
ON143001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON143001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q448372
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
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). "Niagara, Township, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-township-on143001-1881/.