Stayner, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)

Stayner, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,028. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115178453. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.420°N, 80.097°W.

Population

In 1881, Stayner, T-V had a population of 1,028: 503 male and 525 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Nottawasaga, 1871 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Stayner, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Nottawasaga

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,028 total population, 525 females, 503 males, 347 married persons, 208 families, 175 married males, 172 married females, 45 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 636 single persons under 18, 323 single females under 18, 313 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 208 inhabited houses, 208 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,010 bushels of potatoes, 1,755 bushels of other root crops, 500 bushels of spring wheat, 466 bushels of peas and beans, 301 bushels of oats, 250 bushels of barley, 239 bushels of winter wheat, 159 bushels of turnips, 128 tons of hay, 91 acres of hay crops, 54 bushels of corn, 39 acres of wheat, 32 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,028 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: ON139002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115178453

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). "Stayner, T-V, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stayner-t-v-on139002-1881/.