Percy, Ontario (1881 census)
Percy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,768. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7167618. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.240°N, 77.923°W.
Population
In 1881, Percy had a population of 3,768: 1,923 male and 1,845 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,605 |
| 1861 | 3,515 |
| 1871 | 4,084 |
| 1881 | 3,768 |
| 1891 | 3,388 |
| 1901 | 3,216 |
| 1911 | 2,766 |
| 1921 | 2,593 |
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, Percy 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 3,768 total population, 1,923 males, 1,845 females, 1,248 married persons, 689 families, 626 married females, 622 married males, 122 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 44 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,398 single persons under 18, 1,257 single males under 18, 1,141 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 683 inhabited houses, 683 occupied houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 923,719 bushels of turnips, 73,706 bushels of barley, 67,827 bushels of oats, 59,077 bushels of potatoes, 54,075 bushels of peas and beans, 37,615 bushels of spring wheat, 17,767 bushels of rye, 11,631 bushels of other root crops, 11,103 bushels of corn, 8,439 bushels of winter wheat, 5,566 acres of wheat, 4,341 tons of hay, 4,130 acres of hay crops, 3,958 bushels of buckwheat, 879 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 519 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,767 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:
ON123006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7167618
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Township
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). "Percy, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/percy-on123006-1881/.