Reach, Ontario (1881 census)
Reach was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,949. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.115°N, 79.003°W.
Population
In 1881, Reach had a population of 4,949: 2,519 male and 2,430 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,897 |
| 1861 | 6,214 |
| 1871 | 6,809 |
| 1881 | 4,949 |
| 1891 | 4,190 |
| 1901 | 3,589 |
| 1911 | 3,018 |
| 1921 | 2,809 |
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, Reach 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 4,949 total population, 2,519 males, 2,430 females, 1,621 married persons, 980 families, 814 married females, 807 married males, 202 widowed persons, 134 widowed females, 68 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,126 single persons under 18, 1,644 single males under 18, 1,482 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 960 inhabited houses, 960 occupied houses, 60 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 844,905 bushels of turnips, 173,711 bushels of oats, 142,960 bushels of barley, 128,411 bushels of spring wheat, 75,559 bushels of potatoes, 55,790 bushels of peas and beans, 25,081 bushels of other root crops, 9,907 acres of wheat, 7,169 tons of hay, 5,605 acres of hay crops, 5,559 bushels of corn, 5,317 bushels of winter wheat, 1,961 bushels of rye, 591 acres of potatoes, 589 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 504 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Beare | 1820–1914 | died here |
| James Blair | 1825–1901 | died here |
| Mary Ann Wilson | 1830–1908 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,949 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:
ON133002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133005— 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). "Reach, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/reach-on133002-1881/.