Wallaceburgh, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Wallaceburgh, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,525. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.605°N, 82.373°W.
Population
In 1881, Wallaceburgh, Village had a population of 1,525: 815 male and 710 female residents.
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 Chatham, 1871 (0.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Wallaceburgh, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,525 total population, 815 males, 710 females, 555 married persons, 326 families, 279 married males, 276 married females, 61 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 26 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 909 single persons under 18, 510 single males under 18, 399 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 322 inhabited houses, 322 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,921 bushels of winter wheat, 2,793 bushels of oats, 2,635 bushels of potatoes, 1,153 bushels of corn, 805 bushels of other root crops, 415 bushels of barley, 212 acres of wheat, 98 tons of hay, 83 bushels of peas and beans, 70 acres of hay crops, 26 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 5 bushels of turnips, 2 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,525 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:
ON180008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON180008— 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). "Wallaceburgh, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wallaceburgh-village-on180008-1881/.