Normanby, Ontario (1881 census)
Normanby was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,140. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.063°N, 80.896°W.
Population
In 1881, Normanby had a population of 6,140: 3,191 male and 2,949 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 539 |
| 1861 | 3,963 |
| 1871 | 5,563 |
| 1881 | 6,140 |
| 1891 | 5,006 |
| 1901 | 4,630 |
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, Normanby 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 6,140 total population, 3,191 males, 2,949 females, 1,813 married persons, 1,025 families, 907 married females, 906 married males, 160 widowed persons, 102 widowed females, 58 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 4,167 single persons under 18, 2,227 single males under 18, 1,940 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,025 occupied houses, 1,021 inhabited houses, 64 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 227,514 bushels of turnips, 149,962 bushels of oats, 141,443 bushels of winter wheat, 79,857 bushels of peas and beans, 75,144 bushels of potatoes, 36,571 bushels of spring wheat, 11,105 bushels of barley, 10,718 acres of wheat, 9,496 bushels of other root crops, 7,288 tons of hay, 6,322 acres of hay crops, 649 acres of potatoes, 252 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 98 bushels of corn, 66 bushels of rye, 65 bushels of buckwheat. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Valentine Winkler | 1864–1920 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,140 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:
ON154003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON066008— 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). "Normanby, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/normanby-on154003-1881/.