Vaughan, Ontario (1881 census)
Vaughan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,828. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44013. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.838°N, 79.557°W.
Population
In 1881, Vaughan had a population of 6,828: 3,492 male and 3,336 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 7,723 |
| 1861 | 7,955 |
| 1871 | 7,657 |
| 1881 | 6,828 |
| 1891 | 5,292 |
| 1901 | 4,586 |
| 1911 | 4,398 |
| 1921 | 5,080 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Woodbridge, VL, 1891 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Vaughan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 6,828 total population, 3,492 males, 3,336 females, 2,174 married persons, 1,307 families, 1,091 married males, 1,083 married females, 266 widowed persons, 174 widowed females, 92 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 4,388 single persons under 18, 2,309 single males under 18, 2,079 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,301 inhabited houses, 1,301 occupied houses, 69 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 242,483 bushels of oats, 149,795 bushels of barley, 132,873 bushels of winter wheat, 103,622 bushels of potatoes, 75,283 bushels of peas and beans, 48,019 bushels of other root crops, 32,890 bushels of turnips, 20,123 bushels of spring wheat, 11,494 acres of wheat, 8,656 tons of hay, 6,429 acres of hay crops, 1,108 acres of potatoes, 964 bushels of corn, 724 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 442 bushels of rye, 197 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Susannah Augusta Stokes | 1805–1923 | died here |
| Mary McLELLAN | 1836–1909 | died here |
| Hugh McKinnon | 1843–1903 | born here |
| Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | 1844–1901 | died here |
| A. E. (Albert Edward) McPhillips | 1861–1938 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,828 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:
ON136005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON154008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q44013
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_(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). "Vaughan, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/vaughan-on136005-1881/.