St. Joseph, Ontario (1881 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,237. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7589251. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.208°N, 83.946°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Joseph had a population of 1,237: 678 male and 559 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,237 |
| 1891 | 367 |
| 1901 | 1,137 |
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 Bruce Mines, T-V, 1871 (10.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hilton, 1891 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Tenby Bay, 1891 (0.6% of this CSD's polygon).
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 1,237 total population, 678 males, 559 females, 408 married persons, 240 families, 207 married males, 201 married females, 19 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 9 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 810 single persons under 18, 461 single males under 18, 349 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 232 inhabited houses, 232 occupied houses, 17 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,371 bushels of potatoes, 8,457 bushels of turnips, 5,915 bushels of oats, 3,495 bushels of peas and beans, 3,092 bushels of spring wheat, 692 bushels of rye, 594 bushels of corn, 569 bushels of buckwheat, 559 tons of hay, 522 acres of hay crops, 398 acres of wheat, 369 bushels of other root crops, 345 bushels of winter wheat, 305 bushels of barley, 171 acres of potatoes, 42 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 1,237 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:
ON182033— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044024— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7589251
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph,_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). "St. Joseph, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-joseph-on182033-1881/.