Snowden, Ontario (1881 census)
Snowden was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.878°N, 78.601°W.
Population
In 1881, Snowden had a population of 807: 432 male and 375 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 191 |
| 1881 | 807 |
| 1891 | 1,014 |
| 1901 | 856 |
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 Snowden, Glamorgan, 1871 (48.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Snowden 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 807 total population, 432 males, 375 females, 253 married persons, 144 families, 129 married males, 124 married females, 18 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 536 single persons under 18, 296 single males under 18, 240 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 144 inhabited houses, 144 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,232 bushels of oats, 11,306 bushels of potatoes, 6,068 bushels of turnips, 1,825 bushels of peas and beans, 826 bushels of other root crops, 720 acres of hay crops, 695 tons of hay, 694 bushels of rye, 602 bushels of spring wheat, 265 bushels of buckwheat, 210 bushels of barley, 167 bushels of corn, 114 acres of potatoes, 106 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 96 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 807 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:
ON125012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119013— 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). "Snowden, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/snowden-on125012-1881/.