Waterloo N, Ontario (1881 census)
Waterloo N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.480°N, 80.484°W.
Population
In 1881, Waterloo N had a population of 3,590: 1,746 male and 1,844 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,640 |
| 1881 | 3,590 |
| 1901 | 3,411 |
| 1911 | 3,474 |
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, Waterloo N 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 3,590 total population, 1,844 females, 1,746 males, 1,185 married persons, 685 families, 593 married females, 592 married males, 134 widowed persons, 84 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,271 single persons under 18, 1,167 single females under 18, 1,104 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 673 inhabited houses, 673 occupied houses, 28 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 447,097 bushels of turnips, 132,179 bushels of oats, 94,968 bushels of winter wheat, 53,734 bushels of potatoes, 40,293 bushels of peas and beans, 32,813 bushels of barley, 26,785 bushels of other root crops, 8,072 tons of hay, 7,941 bushels of corn, 5,927 acres of wheat, 5,032 acres of hay crops, 4,224 bushels of spring wheat, 2,691 bushels of rye, 571 acres of potatoes, 467 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 188 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,590 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:
ON162003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130001_1901— 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). "Waterloo N, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/waterloo-n-on162003-1881/.