St. Vincent, Ontario (1881 census)
St. Vincent was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,119. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262893. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.603°N, 80.648°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Vincent had a population of 4,119: 2,168 male and 1,951 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,601 |
| 1861 | 2,993 |
| 1871 | 4,974 |
| 1881 | 4,119 |
| 1891 | 3,494 |
| 1901 | 3,108 |
| 1911 | 2,708 |
| 1921 | 2,240 |
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. Vincent 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 4,119 total population, 2,168 males, 1,951 females, 1,367 married persons, 757 families, 685 married males, 682 married females, 80 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,672 single persons under 18, 1,456 single males under 18, 1,216 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 748 inhabited houses, 748 occupied houses, 53 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 278,101 bushels of turnips, 118,774 bushels of spring wheat, 108,922 bushels of oats, 47,951 bushels of peas and beans, 45,012 bushels of potatoes, 37,665 bushels of winter wheat, 31,015 bushels of barley, 12,412 bushels of other root crops, 11,807 acres of wheat, 7,701 tons of hay, 7,264 acres of hay crops, 2,042 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,036 bushels of corn, 393 acres of potatoes, 380 bushels of buckwheat, 90 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,119 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:
ON155009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON114013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262893
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. Vincent, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-vincent-on155009-1881/.