Parkdale, Village, Ontario (1881 census)

Parkdale, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365446. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.639°N, 79.436°W.

Population

In 1881, Parkdale, Village had a population of 1,170: 582 male and 588 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 York, W-O, 1871 (1.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Toronto, St. Alban's, Ward—Quartier, 1891 (59.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Parkdale, Village shared boundaries with:

• Brockton, Village
• Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. George Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Stephen's Ward—Quartier
• York W-O

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,170 total population, 588 females, 582 males, 402 married persons, 217 families, 203 married males, 199 married females, 44 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 724 single persons under 18, 367 single males under 18, 357 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 210 inhabited houses, 210 occupied houses, 56 houses under construction, 23 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,754 bushels of potatoes, 2,328 bushels of other root crops, 275 bushels of oats, 95 bushels of corn, 90 bushels of turnips, 30 tons of hay, 19 acres of hay crops, 18 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,171 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: ON136003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365446

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). "Parkdale, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parkdale-village-on136003-1881/.