Penetanguishene, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Penetanguishene, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,089. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2991780. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.756°N, 79.937°W.

Population

In 1881, Penetanguishene, T-V had a population of 1,089: 537 male and 552 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 Tiny, 1871 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

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

• Tiny

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,089 total population, 552 females, 537 males, 373 married persons, 212 families, 187 married females, 186 married males, 28 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 688 single persons under 18, 344 single females under 18, 344 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 190 inhabited houses, 190 occupied houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,480 bushels of potatoes, 2,050 bushels of oats, 606 bushels of peas and beans, 444 bushels of turnips, 354 bushels of other root crops, 307 bushels of barley, 260 bushels of spring wheat, 180 bushels of winter wheat, 179 tons of hay, 128 bushels of corn, 124 acres of hay crops, 43 acres of wheat, 22 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,100 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: ON139009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144023 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2991780
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetanguishene
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetanguishene

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). "Penetanguishene, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/penetanguishene-t-v-on139009-1881/.