Sherwood, Richards & Burns, Ontario (1881 census)
Sherwood, Richards & Burns was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 431. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.611°N, 77.644°W.
Population
In 1881, Sherwood, Richards & Burns had a population of 431: 243 male and 188 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 431 |
| 1891 | 592 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Bonnechère, 1871 (52.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Sherwood, Richards & Burns shared boundaries with:
- Alice & Fraser
- Bangor
- Hagarty & Jones
- Raglan & Radcliffe
- Sabine, Airey, Lyell, Murchison & Robinson
- Unorganized Territory
- Unorganized Territory
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 431 total population, 243 males, 188 females, 129 married persons, 75 families, 65 married males, 64 married females, 8 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 294 single persons under 18, 176 single males under 18, 118 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 75 occupied houses, 65 inhabited houses, 10 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,112 bushels of potatoes, 5,904 bushels of oats, 1,980 bushels of peas and beans, 1,589 bushels of spring wheat, 926 bushels of turnips, 709 bushels of rye, 295 acres of hay crops, 238 tons of hay, 120 bushels of other root crops, 112 acres of wheat, 95 bushels of barley, 90 bushels of buckwheat, 56 acres of potatoes, 29 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 431 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:
ON113009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115017— 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). "Sherwood, Richards & Burns, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sherwood-richards-burns-on113009-1881/.