Sarnia, Ontario (1881 census)
Sarnia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,583. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.965°N, 82.323°W.
Population
In 1881, Sarnia had a population of 3,583: 1,859 male and 1,724 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Sarnia shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,583 total population, 1,859 males, 1,724 females, 1,100 married persons, 669 families, 551 married males, 549 married females, 146 widowed persons, 96 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,337 single persons under 18, 1,258 single males under 18, 1,079 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 664 occupied houses, 660 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 80,635 bushels of oats, 45,090 bushels of potatoes, 41,682 bushels of winter wheat, 35,249 bushels of barley, 22,377 bushels of corn, 22,008 bushels of other root crops, 9,473 bushels of turnips, 4,246 tons of hay, 3,499 acres of hay crops, 3,064 bushels of spring wheat, 2,775 acres of wheat, 833 bushels of buckwheat, 746 bushels of peas and beans, 571 acres of potatoes, 415 bushels of rye, 45 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 3,583 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:
ON179002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON179002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262762
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). "Sarnia, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sarnia-on179002-1881/.