Storrington, Ontario (1881 census)
Storrington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,811. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.437°N, 76.395°W.
Population
In 1881, Storrington had a population of 2,811: 1,434 male and 1,377 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,130 |
| 1861 | 2,894 |
| 1871 | 2,882 |
| 1881 | 2,811 |
| 1891 | 2,285 |
| 1901 | 2,062 |
| 1911 | 1,906 |
| 1921 | 1,719 |
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, Storrington shared boundaries with:
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 2,811 total population, 1,434 males, 1,377 females, 847 married persons, 492 families, 425 married females, 422 married males, 119 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,845 single persons under 18, 976 single males under 18, 869 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 489 occupied houses, 486 inhabited houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 55,462 bushels of oats, 51,735 bushels of potatoes, 36,592 bushels of barley, 21,118 bushels of peas and beans, 8,205 bushels of rye, 7,559 bushels of winter wheat, 6,317 bushels of spring wheat, 6,153 bushels of turnips, 5,469 bushels of other root crops, 4,425 bushels of corn, 3,999 acres of hay crops, 3,774 tons of hay, 1,875 bushels of buckwheat, 1,628 acres of wheat, 641 acres of potatoes, 229 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Béland | 1869–1935 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,813 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:
ON115007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON111015— 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). "Storrington, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/storrington-on115007-1881/.