Owen Sound, C, Ontario (1881 census)
Owen Sound, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,426. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1017735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.578°N, 80.922°W.
Population
In 1881, Owen Sound, C had a population of 4,426: 2,203 male and 2,223 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,369 |
| 1881 | 4,426 |
| 1891 | 7,497 |
| 1901 | 8,776 |
| 1911 | 12,558 |
| 1921 | 12,190 |
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, Owen Sound, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,426 total population, 2,223 females, 2,203 males, 1,361 married persons, 848 families, 684 married females, 677 married males, 175 widowed persons, 130 widowed females, 45 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,890 single persons under 18, 1,481 single males under 18, 1,409 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 845 occupied houses, 834 inhabited houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 9 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 6 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,190 bushels of turnips, 17,681 bushels of potatoes, 11,933 bushels of oats, 4,654 bushels of other root crops, 4,432 bushels of spring wheat, 4,325 bushels of peas and beans, 4,204 bushels of winter wheat, 1,700 tons of hay, 1,616 bushels of barley, 1,206 acres of hay crops, 678 acres of wheat, 190 bushels of corn, 173 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of buckwheat, 55 bushels of rye, 21 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 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew McCauley | 1850–1930 | born here |
| Edward Joseph Kylie | 1880–1916 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,427 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:
ON156001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON114017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1017735
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound
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). "Owen Sound, C, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/owen-sound-c-on156001-1881/.