Petersville, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Petersville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,601. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.985°N, 81.267°W.
Population
In 1881, Petersville, Village had a population of 1,601: 776 male and 825 female residents. Population density was 2081.8 people per square mile.
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 London, 1871 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Petersville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 328 |
| Number of families | 328 |
| Number of females | 825 |
| Number of males | 776 |
| Number of married females | 278 |
| Number of married males | 272 |
| Number of married persons | 550 |
| Number of widowed females | 45 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 64 |
| POP TOT | 1,601 |
| Total population | 1,601 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 502 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 485 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 987 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 328 |
| Number of occupied houses | 328 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 28 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 23 |
| Acres of potatoes | 65 |
| Acres of wheat | 5 |
| BAR BU | 259 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 259 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 345 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 255 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,101 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,305 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,504 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 120 |
| BWT BU | 4 |
| CRN BU | 345 |
| HAY AC | 23 |
| HAY TONS | 44 |
| OAT BU | 255 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 80 |
| POT AC | 65 |
| POT BU | 4,305 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 44 |
| WHT AC | 5 |
| WHT WTR BU | 120 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 502 |
| C UNMD M | 485 |
| C UNMD TOT | 987 |
| D OCC | 328 |
| FEMALE | 825 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 328 |
| H UNINH | 28 |
| MALE | 776 |
| MD F | 278 |
| MD M | 272 |
| MD TOT | 550 |
| NUMBER CD | 167 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,101 |
| TUR BU | 1,504 |
| WID F | 45 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 64 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON167005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON167005— 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). "Petersville, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petersville-village-on167005-1881/.