Renfrew, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Renfrew, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,605. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2143987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.477°N, 76.691°W.

Population

In 1881, Renfrew, T-V had a population of 1,605: 821 male and 784 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Renfrew, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Horton

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 1,605 total population, 821 males, 784 females, 538 married persons, 295 families, 272 married females, 266 married males, 35 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,032 single persons under 18, 541 single males under 18, 491 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 294 occupied houses, 293 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,555 bushels of potatoes, 6,892 bushels of oats, 3,598 bushels of peas and beans, 2,859 bushels of other root crops, 2,373 bushels of turnips, 1,935 bushels of spring wheat, 525 acres of wheat, 310 bushels of rye, 270 acres of hay crops, 177 tons of hay, 75 bushels of barley, 73 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of corn, 11 bushels of winter wheat, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,605 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: ON113012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142038 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2143987
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew_(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). "Renfrew, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/renfrew-t-v-on113012-1881/.