Verulam, Ontario (1881 census)
Verulam was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,474. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7922994. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.527°N, 78.624°W.
Population
In 1881, Verulam had a population of 2,474: 1,267 male and 1,207 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 571 |
| 1861 | 1,545 |
| 1871 | 2,692 |
| 1881 | 2,474 |
| 1891 | 2,291 |
| 1901 | 2,130 |
| 1911 | 2,022 |
| 1921 | 1,673 |
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, Verulam 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 2,474 total population, 1,267 males, 1,207 females, 757 married persons, 427 families, 379 married males, 378 married females, 67 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,650 single persons under 18, 872 single males under 18, 778 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 427 occupied houses, 426 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 113,106 bushels of oats, 44,056 bushels of turnips, 43,402 bushels of spring wheat, 39,134 bushels of peas and beans, 37,998 bushels of potatoes, 33,334 bushels of barley, 8,041 bushels of other root crops, 5,297 acres of wheat, 3,489 acres of hay crops, 2,804 tons of hay, 938 bushels of corn, 668 bushels of winter wheat, 546 bushels of rye, 342 acres of potatoes, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,473 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:
ON129005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON149012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7922994
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verulam_Township
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). "Verulam, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/verulam-on129005-1881/.