St. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1881 census)
St. Thomas, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 8,367. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2078072. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.781°N, 81.203°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Thomas, City—Cité had a population of 8,367: 4,217 male and 4,150 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 8,367 |
| 1891 | 10,366 |
| 1901 | 11,485 |
| 1911 | 14,054 |
| 1921 | 16,026 |
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, St. Thomas, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 8,367 total population, 4,217 males, 4,150 females, 2,964 married persons, 1,728 families, 1,491 married males, 1,473 married females, 332 widowed persons, 241 widowed females, 91 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 5,071 single persons under 18, 2,635 single males under 18, 2,436 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,634 inhabited houses, 1,634 occupied houses, 42 uninhabited houses, 40 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,157 bushels of oats, 5,709 bushels of potatoes, 4,627 bushels of winter wheat, 2,317 bushels of turnips, 2,289 bushels of corn, 1,333 bushels of other root crops, 1,100 bushels of spring wheat, 476 bushels of barley, 391 tons of hay, 319 acres of wheat, 212 bushels of peas and beans, 208 acres of hay crops, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 46 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 8,367 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:
ON163003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON109008_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2078072
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_(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. Thomas, City—Cité, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-thomas-city-cit-on163003-1881/.