Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island, Ontario (1881 census)
Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,300. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.297°N, 80.140°W.
Population
In 1881, Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island had a population of 1,300: 676 male and 624 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 The Sound, 1871 (4.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of McDougall, Parry Sound (Town—Ville) & Parry Island, 1891 (32.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 262 |
| Number of families | 262 |
| Number of females | 624 |
| Number of males | 676 |
| Number of married females | 237 |
| Number of married males | 238 |
| Number of married persons | 475 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 33 |
| POP TOT | 1,300 |
| Total population | 1,300 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 365 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 427 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 792 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 9 |
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 238 |
| Number of occupied houses | 247 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 305 |
| Acres of potatoes | 69 |
| Acres of wheat | 14 |
| BAR BU | 9 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,110 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,377 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 535 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 210 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,998 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 314 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 108 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,091 |
| BWT BU | 10 |
| CRN BU | 1,110 |
| HAY AC | 305 |
| HAY TONS | 280 |
| OAT BU | 2,377 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 210 |
| POT AC | 69 |
| POT BU | 6,998 |
| RYE BU | 314 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 280 |
| WHT AC | 14 |
| WHT SP BU | 108 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 365 |
| C UNMD M | 427 |
| C UNMD TOT | 792 |
| D OCC | 247 |
| FEMALE | 624 |
| H CON | 10 |
| H INHAB | 238 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| MALE | 676 |
| MD F | 237 |
| MD M | 238 |
| MD TOT | 475 |
| NUMBER CD | 131 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 535 |
| SHAN | 9 |
| TUR BU | 2,091 |
| WID F | 22 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 33 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON131015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Parry Sound (Village), Parry Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/parry-sound-village-parry-island-on131015-1881/.