Thessalon (Western Division), Ontario (1881 census)
Thessalon (Western Division) was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 749. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.276°N, 83.493°W.
Population
In 1881, Thessalon (Western Division) had a population of 749: 421 male and 328 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 749 |
| 1891 | 1,160 |
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 Bruce Mines, 1871 (2.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Thessalon (Western Division) shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 173 |
| Number of families | 173 |
| Number of females | 328 |
| Number of males | 421 |
| Number of married females | 119 |
| Number of married males | 125 |
| Number of married persons | 244 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 18 |
| POP TOT | 749 |
| Total population | 749 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 201 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 286 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 487 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 160 |
| Number of occupied houses | 163 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 103 |
| Acres of potatoes | 57 |
| Acres of wheat | 160 |
| BAR BU | 96 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 96 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,059 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 652 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,621 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 568 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,270 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| BWT BU | 22 |
| HAY AC | 103 |
| HAY TONS | 94 |
| OAT BU | 1,059 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 652 |
| POT AC | 57 |
| POT BU | 4,621 |
| RYE BU | 40 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 94 |
| WHT AC | 160 |
| WHT SP BU | 568 |
| WHT WTR BU | 14 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 201 |
| C UNMD M | 286 |
| C UNMD TOT | 487 |
| D OCC | 163 |
| FEMALE | 328 |
| GRA BU | 5 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 160 |
| H UNINH | 3 |
| MALE | 421 |
| MD F | 119 |
| MD M | 125 |
| MD TOT | 244 |
| NUMBER CD | 182 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 124 |
| SHAN | 3 |
| TUR BU | 5,270 |
| WID F | 8 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 18 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON182016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046024— 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). "Thessalon (Western Division), Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thessalon-western-division-on182016-1881/.