Palmerston, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)
Palmerston, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 536. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7128296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.838°N, 80.851°W.
Population
In 1881, Palmerston, Town—Ville had a population of 536: 265 male and 271 female residents.
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 Minto, 1871 (0.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Palmerston, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 536 total population, 271 females, 265 males, 176 married persons, 95 families, 89 married females, 87 married males, 15 widowed persons, 8 widowed males, 7 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 345 single persons under 18, 175 single females under 18, 170 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 93 inhabited houses, 93 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,399 bushels of turnips, 2,458 bushels of potatoes, 1,850 bushels of oats, 1,030 bushels of winter wheat, 940 bushels of peas and beans, 375 bushels of spring wheat, 183 bushels of other root crops, 175 bushels of rye, 105 acres of wheat, 76 tons of hay, 66 bushels of barley, 65 acres of hay crops, 23 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 536 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:
ON153010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON153010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7128296
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston_(Ontario)
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). "Palmerston, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/palmerston-town-ville-on153010-1881/.