Tossorontio, Ontario (1881 census)
Tossorontio was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,921. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 79.957°W.
Population
In 1881, Tossorontio had a population of 1,921: 1,000 male and 921 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 492 |
| 1861 | 1,073 |
| 1871 | 1,570 |
| 1881 | 1,921 |
| 1891 | 1,870 |
| 1901 | 1,726 |
| 1911 | 1,563 |
| 1921 | 1,672 |
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, Tossorontio 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 1,921 total population, 1,000 males, 921 females, 617 married persons, 337 families, 309 married females, 308 married males, 36 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,268 single persons under 18, 685 single males under 18, 583 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 335 occupied houses, 334 inhabited houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,161 bushels of winter wheat, 33,691 bushels of oats, 20,507 bushels of potatoes, 14,915 bushels of turnips, 9,452 bushels of spring wheat, 8,355 bushels of barley, 6,817 bushels of peas and beans, 3,866 acres of wheat, 1,819 tons of hay, 1,799 bushels of other root crops, 1,610 acres of hay crops, 1,352 bushels of rye, 208 acres of potatoes, 145 bushels of corn, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,921 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:
ON138005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON144015— 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). "Tossorontio, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tossorontio-on138005-1881/.