Nipigon, Ontario (1881 census)

Nipigon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 512. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262448. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.725°N, 88.541°W.

Population

In 1881, Nipigon had a population of 512: 248 male and 264 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).

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 became part of Unorganized Territory, 1891 (2.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Nipigon shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 512 total population, 264 females, 248 males, 155 married persons, 94 families, 83 married females, 72 married males, 41 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 316 single persons under 18, 164 single males under 18, 152 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 63 occupied houses, 44 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 19 inhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 920 bushels of potatoes, 15 acres of hay crops, 15 tons of hay, 4 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 512 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: ON182028 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON147015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262448

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). "Nipigon, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nipigon-on182028-1881/.