Point Edward, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Point Edward, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,293. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859882. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.999°N, 82.411°W.

Population

In 1881, Point Edward, VL had a population of 1,293: 660 male and 633 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 Sarnia, 1871 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Point Edward, VL shared boundaries with:

• Sarnia

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,293 total population, 660 males, 633 females, 443 married persons, 274 families, 223 married females, 220 married males, 52 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 798 single persons under 18, 420 single males under 18, 378 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 263 inhabited houses, 263 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 435 bushels of potatoes, 90 bushels of winter wheat, 70 bushels of barley, 24 bushels of oats, 15 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of other root crops, 10 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of peas and beans, 4 acres of potatoes, 3 tons of hay, 2 acres of hay crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,293 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: ON179016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4859882
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Edward,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Edward_(Ontario)

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). "Point Edward, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/point-edward-vl-on179016-1881/.