Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Sandwich, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,143. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.291°N, 83.071°W.

Population

In 1881, Sandwich, T-V had a population of 1,143: 536 male and 607 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Sandwich, T-V, 1891 (22.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

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

• Sandwich W-O

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 1,143 total population, 607 females, 536 males, 373 married persons, 247 families, 189 married females, 184 married males, 78 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 692 single persons under 18, 363 single females under 18, 329 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 244 inhabited houses, 244 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,987 bushels of corn, 6,583 bushels of oats, 5,607 bushels of winter wheat, 4,729 bushels of potatoes, 892 bushels of other root crops, 355 tons of hay, 268 acres of hay crops, 233 acres of wheat, 217 bushels of turnips, 80 bushels of barley, 64 bushels of spring wheat, 45 acres of potatoes, 35 bushels of buckwheat, 28 bushels of peas and beans, 5 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 1,143 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: ON181011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110024 — 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). "Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sandwich-t-v-on181011-1881/.