Shelburne, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Shelburne, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 491. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859980. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.080°N, 80.205°W.
Population
In 1881, Shelburne, Village had a population of 491: 269 male and 222 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Melancthon, 1871 (0.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Shelburne, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 491 total population, 269 males, 222 females, 172 married persons, 103 families, 87 married males, 85 married females, 13 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 306 single persons under 18, 178 single males under 18, 128 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 103 inhabited houses, 103 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,690 bushels of oats, 2,285 bushels of potatoes, 1,560 bushels of turnips, 1,490 bushels of spring wheat, 717 bushels of other root crops, 630 bushels of peas and beans, 550 bushels of barley, 230 bushels of winter wheat, 115 tons of hay, 114 acres of wheat, 108 acres of hay crops, 21 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of corn, 2 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 491 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:
ON155006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON155006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4859980
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_(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). "Shelburne, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/shelburne-village-on155006-1881/.