Scugog, Ontario (1881 census)

Scugog was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 768. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q386919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.158°N, 78.889°W.

Population

In 1881, Scugog had a population of 768: 410 male and 358 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Scugog shared boundaries with:

• Cartwright
• Mariposa
• Reach

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 768 total population, 410 males, 358 females, 264 married persons, 137 families, 134 married females, 130 married males, 19 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 485 single persons under 18, 272 single males under 18, 213 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 137 inhabited houses, 137 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 109,910 bushels of turnips, 29,090 bushels of oats, 21,888 bushels of spring wheat, 17,287 bushels of barley, 13,426 bushels of potatoes, 8,664 bushels of peas and beans, 3,592 bushels of other root crops, 1,843 bushels of corn, 1,596 acres of wheat, 947 tons of hay, 796 acres of hay crops, 632 bushels of winter wheat, 190 bushels of buckwheat, 150 bushels of rye, 94 acres of potatoes, 87 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 768 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: ON133003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q386919
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scugog

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). "Scugog, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/scugog-on133003-1881/.