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. Population density was 1.3 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.
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 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 198 |
| Number of families | 198 |
| Number of females | 413 |
| Number of males | 542 |
| Number of married females | 150 |
| Number of married males | 152 |
| Number of married persons | 302 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 22 |
| POP TOT | 955 |
| Total population | 955 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 253 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 378 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 631 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 30 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 198 |
| Number of occupied houses | 198 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 36 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 390 |
| Acres of potatoes | 149 |
| Acres of wheat | 221 |
| BAR BU | 318 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 318 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 269 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 12,852 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 267 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 480 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 15,925 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,371 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 18,018 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 6 |
| BWT BU | 18 |
| CRN BU | 269 |
| HAY AC | 390 |
| HAY TONS | 373 |
| OAT BU | 12,852 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 480 |
| POT AC | 149 |
| POT BU | 15,925 |
| RYE BU | 110 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 373 |
| WHT AC | 221 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,371 |
| WHT WTR BU | 6 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 253 |
| C UNMD M | 378 |
| C UNMD TOT | 631 |
| D OCC | 198 |
| FEMALE | 413 |
| GRA BU | 16 |
| H CON | 30 |
| H INHAB | 198 |
| H UNINH | 36 |
| MALE | 542 |
| MD F | 150 |
| MD M | 152 |
| MD TOT | 302 |
| NUMBER CD | 131 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 267 |
| TUR BU | 18,018 |
| WID F | 10 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 22 |
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/.