Seaforth, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Seaforth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,480. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7440408. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.554°N, 81.396°W.
Population
In 1881, Seaforth, Village had a population of 2,480: 1,231 male and 1,249 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Seaforth, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,480 total population, 1,249 females, 1,231 males, 761 married persons, 436 families, 382 married females, 379 married males, 70 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,649 single persons under 18, 837 single males under 18, 812 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 436 inhabited houses, 436 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,003 bushels of potatoes, 1,920 bushels of winter wheat, 1,165 bushels of oats, 893 bushels of other root crops, 663 bushels of corn, 650 bushels of turnips, 625 bushels of spring wheat, 360 bushels of barley, 114 acres of wheat, 75 tons of hay, 63 acres of hay crops, 59 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,480 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:
ON174006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON174006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7440408
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_(Ontario)
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). "Seaforth, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seaforth-village-on174006-1881/.