Parkhill, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Parkhill, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,539. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115134657. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.162°N, 81.688°W.

Population

In 1881, Parkhill, T-V had a population of 1,539: 744 male and 795 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Williams, E, 1871 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

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

• Williams W-O

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,539 total population, 795 females, 744 males, 500 married persons, 307 families, 250 married females, 250 married males, 60 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 979 single persons under 18, 501 single females under 18, 478 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 307 inhabited houses, 307 occupied houses, 35 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,970 bushels of potatoes, 3,312 bushels of oats, 2,869 bushels of other root crops, 2,825 bushels of winter wheat, 1,610 bushels of turnips, 729 bushels of corn, 670 bushels of barley, 279 bushels of peas and beans, 133 acres of wheat, 120 tons of hay, 112 acres of hay crops, 50 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of spring wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,539 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: ON169008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115134657

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). "Parkhill, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parkhill-t-v-on169008-1881/.