Port Stanley, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Port Stanley, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 674. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230953. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.674°N, 81.201°W.

Population

In 1881, Port Stanley, VL had a population of 674: 345 male and 329 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 Yarmouth, 1871 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Port Stanley, VL shared boundaries with:

• Yarmouth

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 674 total population, 345 males, 329 females, 229 married persons, 139 families, 115 married females, 114 married males, 25 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 420 single persons under 18, 225 single males under 18, 195 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 occupied houses, 137 inhabited houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,001 bushels of potatoes, 1,686 bushels of winter wheat, 1,055 bushels of corn, 469 bushels of oats, 232 bushels of other root crops, 129 acres of wheat, 100 bushels of barley, 62 tons of hay, 50 bushels of peas and beans, 42 acres of hay crops, 30 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 11 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 674 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: ON163002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7230953
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Stanley_(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). "Port Stanley, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-stanley-vl-on163002-1881/.