Smith, Ontario (1881 census)

Smith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,301. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262856. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.440°N, 78.319°W.

Population

In 1881, Smith had a population of 3,301: 1,686 male and 1,615 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Smith shared boundaries with:

• Burleigh, Anstruther & Chandos
• Douro
• Dummer
• Emily
• Ennismore
• Harvey
• Monaghan N
• Peterborough, C

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,301 total population, 1,686 males, 1,615 females, 1,015 married persons, 611 families, 508 married females, 507 married males, 122 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 47 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,164 single persons under 18, 1,132 single males under 18, 1,032 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 609 occupied houses, 608 inhabited houses, 39 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 115,938 bushels of oats, 90,047 bushels of turnips, 78,279 bushels of spring wheat, 59,289 bushels of potatoes, 46,254 bushels of peas and beans, 37,266 bushels of barley, 30,469 bushels of other root crops, 8,170 acres of wheat, 4,292 acres of hay crops, 3,988 tons of hay, 2,568 bushels of winter wheat, 1,715 bushels of rye, 460 acres of potatoes, 415 bushels of corn, 154 bushels of buckwheat, 53 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 3,301 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: ON126002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262856

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). "Smith, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/smith-on126002-1881/.