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 1,292. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7128296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.830°N, 80.848°W.
Population
In 1881, Palmerston, Town—Ville had a population of 1,292: 653 male and 639 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 Wallace, 1871 (0.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Palmerston, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
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 1,292 total population, 653 males, 639 females, 466 married persons, 254 families, 233 married females, 233 married males, 31 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 795 single persons under 18, 405 single males under 18, 390 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 246 inhabited houses, 246 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,111 bushels of potatoes, 5,470 bushels of oats, 2,254 bushels of turnips, 1,930 bushels of peas and beans, 1,320 bushels of spring wheat, 1,232 bushels of winter wheat, 685 bushels of other root crops, 595 bushels of barley, 301 tons of hay, 258 acres of hay crops, 251 acres of wheat, 80 bushels of corn, 61 acres of potatoes, 40 bushels of rye, 6 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,292 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:
ON172009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON172009— 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-on172009-1881/.