Stisted & McMurrich, Ontario (1881 census)
Stisted & McMurrich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,212. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.400°N, 79.420°W.
Population
In 1881, Stisted & McMurrich had a population of 1,212: 679 male and 533 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,212 |
| 1891 | 1,372 |
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, Stisted & McMurrich shared boundaries with:
- Armour & Ryerson
- Brunel & Stephenson
- Chaffey, Perry, Bethune, Proudfoot
- Christie, Monteith
- Watt, Cardwell
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 1,212 total population, 679 males, 533 females, 408 married persons, 248 families, 205 married males, 203 married females, 20 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 9 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 784 single persons under 18, 463 single males under 18, 321 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 246 occupied houses, 245 inhabited houses, 42 houses under construction, 42 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,348 bushels of turnips, 18,116 bushels of potatoes, 15,027 bushels of oats, 2,968 bushels of peas and beans, 2,522 bushels of spring wheat, 1,185 bushels of other root crops, 998 bushels of rye, 835 bushels of barley, 829 acres of hay crops, 782 tons of hay, 395 bushels of corn, 322 acres of wheat, 184 acres of potatoes, 124 bushels of buckwheat, 95 bushels of winter wheat, 52 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 1,212 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:
ON131025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Stisted & McMurrich, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stisted-mcmurrich-on131025-1881/.