Year: 1881
| Province: Ontario
Pelee Island, Ontario (1881 census)
Pelee Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 361. The administrative centroid was at approximately 41.776°N, 82.658°W.
Population
In 1881, Pelee Island had a population of 361: 204 male and 157 female residents. Population density was 21.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 | 69 |
| Number of families | 69 |
| Number of females | 157 |
| Number of males | 204 |
| Number of married females | 54 |
| Number of married males | 56 |
| Number of married persons | 110 |
| Number of widowed females | 6 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP TOT | 361 |
| Total population | 361 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 97 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 140 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 237 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 69 |
| Number of occupied houses | 69 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 102 |
| Acres of potatoes | 31 |
| Acres of wheat | 555 |
| BAR BU | 85 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 85 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 11,943 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,306 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,069 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 135 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,719 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 51 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 678 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 10,735 |
| BWT BU | 2 |
| CRN BU | 11,943 |
| HAY AC | 102 |
| HAY TONS | 154 |
| OAT BU | 1,306 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 135 |
| POT AC | 31 |
| POT BU | 2,719 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 154 |
| WHT AC | 555 |
| WHT SP BU | 51 |
| WHT WTR BU | 10,735 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 97 |
| C UNMD M | 140 |
| C UNMD TOT | 237 |
| D OCC | 69 |
| FEMALE | 157 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 69 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 204 |
| MD F | 54 |
| MD M | 56 |
| MD TOT | 110 |
| NUMBER CD | 181 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,069 |
| TUR BU | 678 |
| WID F | 6 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON181009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110009_1871 — 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). "Pelee Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pelee-island-on181009-1881/.