Ryerson, Armour, Ontario (1881 census)
Ryerson, Armour was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,203. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.602°N, 79.432°W.
Population
In 1881, Ryerson, Armour had a population of 1,203: 657 male and 546 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 Maganetawan, 1871 (11.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ryerson, Armour 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 1,203 total population, 657 males, 546 females, 405 married persons, 256 families, 206 married males, 199 married females, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 6 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 778 single persons under 18, 437 single males under 18, 341 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 256 inhabited houses, 256 occupied houses, 13 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,005 bushels of turnips, 23,105 bushels of oats, 20,482 bushels of potatoes, 4,090 bushels of spring wheat, 2,636 bushels of peas and beans, 1,690 bushels of barley, 890 bushels of rye, 690 acres of hay crops, 690 tons of hay, 474 bushels of other root crops, 458 acres of wheat, 438 bushels of corn, 296 bushels of buckwheat, 191 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of winter wheat, 62 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 1,203 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:
ON131024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131024— 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). "Ryerson, Armour, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ryerson-armour-on131024-1881/.