Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Oshawa, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,992. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q211867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.900°N, 78.861°W.

Population

In 1881, Oshawa, T-V had a population of 3,992: 1,928 male and 2,064 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 Oshawa, T-V, 1891 (70.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Oshawa, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Whitby E

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 3,992 total population, 2,064 females, 1,928 males, 1,337 married persons, 823 families, 669 married males, 668 married females, 193 widowed persons, 150 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,462 single persons under 18, 1,246 single females under 18, 1,216 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 813 inhabited houses, 813 occupied houses, 89 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,785 bushels of turnips, 10,770 bushels of oats, 10,625 bushels of other root crops, 10,576 bushels of barley, 10,509 bushels of potatoes, 4,454 bushels of peas and beans, 3,461 bushels of spring wheat, 2,537 bushels of corn, 900 bushels of winter wheat, 554 tons of hay, 410 bushels of buckwheat, 338 acres of hay crops, 318 acres of wheat, 70 acres of potatoes, 51 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,992 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: ON132005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q211867
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa

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). "Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oshawa-t-v-on132005-1881/.