Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing, Ontario (1881 census)
Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 955. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.103°N, 79.600°W.
Population
In 1881, Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing had a population of 955: 542 male and 413 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gurd, Pringle & Patterson, 1891 (52.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Himsworth N & S & Nipissing, 1891 (42.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing 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 955 total population, 542 males, 413 females, 302 married persons, 198 families, 152 married males, 150 married females, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 10 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 631 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 253 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 198 inhabited houses, 198 occupied houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 30 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,018 bushels of turnips, 15,925 bushels of potatoes, 12,852 bushels of oats, 2,371 bushels of spring wheat, 480 bushels of peas and beans, 390 acres of hay crops, 373 tons of hay, 318 bushels of barley, 269 bushels of corn, 267 bushels of other root crops, 221 acres of wheat, 149 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of rye, 18 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 955 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:
ON131026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131026— 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). "Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pringle-gurd-himsworth-nipissing-on131026-1881/.