Peel, Ontario (1881 census)
Peel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.722°N, 80.607°W.
Population
In 1881, Peel had a population of 5,024: 2,659 male and 2,365 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,435 |
| 1861 | 5,008 |
| 1871 | 5,744 |
| 1881 | 5,024 |
| 1891 | 4,253 |
| 1901 | 3,865 |
| 1911 | 3,413 |
| 1921 | 3,046 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Peel shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 5,024 total population, 2,659 males, 2,365 females, 1,490 married persons, 903 families, 751 married females, 739 married males, 163 widowed persons, 117 widowed females, 46 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,371 single persons under 18, 1,874 single males under 18, 1,497 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 901 inhabited houses, 901 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 240,328 bushels of turnips, 180,785 bushels of oats, 109,368 bushels of barley, 82,167 bushels of peas and beans, 50,422 bushels of spring wheat, 44,421 bushels of other root crops, 42,457 bushels of potatoes, 40,987 bushels of winter wheat, 11,106 tons of hay, 10,296 acres of wheat, 8,121 acres of hay crops, 832 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 554 acres of potatoes, 289 bushels of corn, 190 bushels of rye, 75 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Trask | 1857–1925 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,024 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:
ON152005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON152010— 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). "Peel, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/peel-on152005-1881/.