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 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,300 total population, 676 males, 624 females, 475 married persons, 262 families, 238 married males, 237 married females, 33 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 792 single persons under 18, 427 single males under 18, 365 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 247 occupied houses, 238 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 9 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,998 bushels of potatoes, 2,377 bushels of oats, 2,091 bushels of turnips, 1,110 bushels of corn, 535 bushels of other root crops, 314 bushels of rye, 305 acres of hay crops, 280 tons of hay, 210 bushels of peas and beans, 108 bushels of spring wheat, 69 acres of potatoes, 14 acres of wheat, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 9 bushels of barley. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,300 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:
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/.