Sandwich W-O, Ontario (1881 census)

Sandwich W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,860. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.236°N, 83.053°W.

Population

In 1881, Sandwich W-O had a population of 2,860: 1,488 male and 1,372 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 became part of Sandwich W-O, 1891 (86.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Sandwich W-O shared boundaries with:

• Anderdon
• Sandwich E
• Sandwich, T-V
• Windsor, C

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 2,860 total population, 1,488 males, 1,372 females, 941 married persons, 537 families, 472 married males, 469 married females, 118 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 41 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,801 single persons under 18, 975 single males under 18, 826 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 530 inhabited houses, 530 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 108,631 bushels of corn, 51,625 bushels of oats, 35,512 bushels of winter wheat, 26,860 bushels of potatoes, 8,694 bushels of other root crops, 3,244 bushels of turnips, 2,265 acres of wheat, 1,666 tons of hay, 1,372 acres of hay crops, 1,029 bushels of buckwheat, 992 bushels of barley, 807 bushels of peas and beans, 748 bushels of spring wheat, 328 acres of potatoes, 105 bushels of rye, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,861 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: ON181010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON067005_1911 — 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 W-O, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sandwich-w-o-on181010-1881/.