St. Catharines, C, Ontario (1881 census)
St. Catharines, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 9,631. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q126805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.161°N, 79.241°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Catharines, C had a population of 9,631: 4,620 male and 5,011 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 9,631 |
| 1891 | 9,170 |
| 1901 | 9,946 |
| 1921 | 19,881 |
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 contained St. Catherines, Town—Ville, 1871 (55.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Catharines, C shared boundaries with:
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 9,631 total population, 5,011 females, 4,620 males, 3,235 married persons, 1,965 families, 1,620 married females, 1,615 married males, 547 widowed persons, 414 widowed females, 133 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 5,849 single persons under 18, 2,977 single females under 18, 2,872 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,957 occupied houses, 1,954 inhabited houses, 382 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,306 bushels of other root crops, 9,643 bushels of potatoes, 6,213 bushels of corn, 4,557 bushels of oats, 3,753 bushels of winter wheat, 1,593 bushels of turnips, 236 tons of hay, 191 acres of hay crops, 183 acres of wheat, 170 bushels of barley, 125 bushels of spring wheat, 93 bushels of peas and beans, 77 acres of potatoes, 14 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| George Nicholas Oille | 1817–1883 | died here |
| Theophilus Mack | 1820–1881 | died here |
| Thomas Rodman Merritt | 1824–1906 | died here |
| Patrick Joseph Larkin | 1829–1900 | died here |
| Mary Agnes Snively | 1847–1933 | born here |
| William Hamilton Merritt | 1855–1918 | born here |
| Reuben Wells Leonard | 1860–1930 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 9,633 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:
ON145001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q126805
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catharines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catharines
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). "St. Catharines, C, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-catharines-c-on145001-1881/.