Teeswater, VL, Ontario (1881 census)

Teeswater, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 861. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7694590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.996°N, 81.293°W.

Population

In 1881, Teeswater, VL had a population of 861: 433 male and 428 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 Culross, 1871 (1.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Teeswater, VL shared boundaries with:

• Culross

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 861 total population, 433 males, 428 females, 312 married persons, 197 families, 160 married females, 152 married males, 17 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 532 single persons under 18, 277 single males under 18, 255 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 197 inhabited houses, 197 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,160 bushels of oats, 3,812 bushels of winter wheat, 3,200 bushels of turnips, 2,675 bushels of potatoes, 1,275 bushels of peas and beans, 856 bushels of other root crops, 370 bushels of spring wheat, 173 acres of wheat, 112 tons of hay, 100 bushels of barley, 74 acres of hay crops, 45 bushels of corn, 22 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 861 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: ON176010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104030 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7694590
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeswater,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeswater_(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). "Teeswater, VL, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/teeswater-vl-on176010-1881/.