Raleigh, Ontario (1881 census)
Raleigh was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,298. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.306°N, 82.188°W.
Population
In 1881, Raleigh had a population of 5,298: 2,762 male and 2,536 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,460 |
| 1861 | 3,750 |
| 1881 | 5,298 |
| 1891 | 4,955 |
| 1901 | 4,844 |
| 1911 | 4,400 |
| 1921 | 4,343 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Raleigh shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 5,298 total population, 2,762 males, 2,536 females, 1,700 married persons, 978 families, 852 married males, 848 married females, 181 widowed persons, 119 widowed females, 62 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,417 single persons under 18, 1,848 single males under 18, 1,569 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 969 occupied houses, 968 inhabited houses, 37 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 218,533 bushels of corn, 197,646 bushels of winter wheat, 141,703 bushels of oats, 46,491 bushels of potatoes, 30,349 bushels of barley, 9,851 acres of wheat, 7,366 bushels of peas and beans, 6,697 tons of hay, 5,137 bushels of other root crops, 4,849 acres of hay crops, 4,680 bushels of turnips, 2,386 bushels of spring wheat, 1,594 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,060 bushels of buckwheat, 468 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,298 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:
ON180003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121007— 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). "Raleigh, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/raleigh-on180003-1881/.