Sidney, Ontario (1881 census)
Sidney was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,842. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q136480718. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.208°N, 77.521°W.
Population
In 1881, Sidney had a population of 4,842: 2,501 male and 2,341 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,574 |
| 1871 | 5,264 |
| 1881 | 4,842 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Frankford, VL, 1891 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Sidney shared boundaries with:
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 4,842 total population, 2,501 males, 2,341 females, 1,816 married persons, 997 families, 909 married males, 907 married females, 190 widowed persons, 137 widowed females, 53 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,836 single persons under 18, 1,539 single males under 18, 1,297 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 987 inhabited houses, 987 occupied houses, 62 uninhabited houses, 14 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 160,760 bushels of barley, 105,251 bushels of oats, 84,098 bushels of potatoes, 37,589 bushels of corn, 32,785 bushels of peas and beans, 30,741 bushels of rye, 25,691 bushels of winter wheat, 13,668 bushels of other root crops, 10,276 bushels of spring wheat, 9,934 bushels of turnips, 9,623 bushels of buckwheat, 9,543 tons of hay, 8,383 acres of hay crops, 3,213 acres of wheat, 919 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 813 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,842 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:
ON121001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q136480718
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Township,_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). "Sidney, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sidney-on121001-1881/.