Norwood, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Norwood, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 853. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q18632575. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.381°N, 77.979°W.

Population

In 1881, Norwood, VL had a population of 853: 426 male and 427 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Asphodel, 1871 (1.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Norwood, VL shared boundaries with:

• Asphodel

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 853 total population, 427 females, 426 males, 283 married persons, 162 families, 142 married females, 141 married males, 26 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 544 single persons under 18, 274 single males under 18, 270 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 162 inhabited houses, 162 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,919 bushels of potatoes, 1,823 bushels of other root crops, 1,060 bushels of oats, 339 bushels of corn, 250 bushels of spring wheat, 219 bushels of turnips, 140 bushels of barley, 136 bushels of peas and beans, 84 bushels of rye, 51 acres of potatoes, 36 tons of hay, 28 acres of hay crops, 27 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 853 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: ON125002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q18632575

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). "Norwood, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/norwood-vl-on125002-1881/.