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 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. Population density was 929.3 people per square mile.
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 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 103 |
| Number of families | 103 |
| Number of females | 222 |
| Number of males | 269 |
| Number of married females | 85 |
| Number of married males | 87 |
| Number of married persons | 172 |
| Number of widowed females | 9 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 13 |
| POP TOT | 491 |
| Total population | 491 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 128 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 178 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 306 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 103 |
| Number of occupied houses | 103 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 108 |
| Acres of potatoes | 21 |
| Acres of wheat | 114 |
| BAR BU | 550 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 550 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,690 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 717 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 630 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,285 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,490 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,560 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 230 |
| CRN BU | 10 |
| HAY AC | 108 |
| HAY TONS | 115 |
| OAT BU | 2,690 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 630 |
| POT AC | 21 |
| POT BU | 2,285 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 115 |
| WHT AC | 114 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,490 |
| WHT WTR BU | 230 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 128 |
| C UNMD M | 178 |
| C UNMD TOT | 306 |
| D OCC | 103 |
| FEMALE | 222 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 103 |
| MALE | 269 |
| MD F | 85 |
| MD M | 87 |
| MD TOT | 172 |
| NUMBER CD | 155 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 717 |
| TUR BU | 1,560 |
| WID F | 9 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 13 |
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: 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). "Shelburne, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/shelburne-village-on155006-1881/.