Ridgetown, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Ridgetown, Village was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,538. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.436°N, 81.883°W.
Population
In 1881, Ridgetown, Village had a population of 1,538: 757 male and 781 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Howard, 1871 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ridgetown, Village 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 | 332 |
| Number of families | 332 |
| Number of females | 781 |
| Number of males | 757 |
| Number of married females | 280 |
| Number of married males | 277 |
| Number of married persons | 557 |
| Number of widowed females | 30 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 46 |
| POP TOT | 1,538 |
| Total population | 1,538 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 471 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 464 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 935 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 332 |
| Number of occupied houses | 332 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 174 |
| Acres of potatoes | 42 |
| Acres of wheat | 242 |
| BAR BU | 145 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 145 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8,907 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,980 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 607 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,891 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,261 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 487 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 147 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 4,152 |
| BWT BU | 40 |
| CRN BU | 8,907 |
| HAY AC | 174 |
| HAY TONS | 228 |
| OAT BU | 1,980 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,891 |
| POT AC | 42 |
| POT BU | 4,261 |
| RYE BU | 200 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 228 |
| WHT AC | 242 |
| WHT SP BU | 487 |
| WHT WTR BU | 4,152 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 471 |
| C UNMD M | 464 |
| C UNMD TOT | 935 |
| D OCC | 332 |
| FEMALE | 781 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 332 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 757 |
| MD F | 280 |
| MD M | 277 |
| MD TOT | 557 |
| NUMBER CD | 178 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 607 |
| TUR BU | 147 |
| WID F | 30 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON178009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON178009— 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). "Ridgetown, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ridgetown-village-on178009-1881/.