Watford, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Watford, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,132. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q17992008. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.946°N, 81.874°W.
Population
In 1881, Watford, Village had a population of 1,132: 577 male and 555 female residents. Population density was 1128.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,132 |
| 1891 | 1,299 |
| 1901 | 1,279 |
| 1911 | 1,092 |
| 1921 | 1,059 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Warwick, 1871 (0.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Watford, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 232 |
| Number of families | 232 |
| Number of females | 555 |
| Number of males | 577 |
| Number of married females | 199 |
| Number of married males | 200 |
| Number of married persons | 399 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 31 |
| POP TOT | 1,132 |
| Total population | 1,132 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 333 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 369 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 702 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 232 |
| Number of occupied houses | 232 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 52 |
| Acres of potatoes | 14 |
| Acres of wheat | 20 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 45 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 212 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 500 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,915 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 395 |
| BWT BU | 45 |
| CRN BU | 212 |
| HAY AC | 52 |
| HAY TONS | 83 |
| OAT BU | 500 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 4 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 1,915 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 83 |
| WHT AC | 20 |
| WHT WTR BU | 395 |
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 333 |
| C UNMD M | 369 |
| C UNMD TOT | 702 |
| D OCC | 232 |
| FEMALE | 555 |
| H INHAB | 232 |
| MALE | 577 |
| MD F | 199 |
| MD M | 200 |
| MD TOT | 399 |
| NUMBER CD | 179 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 27 |
| TUR BU | 10 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 31 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON179010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q17992008
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford,_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). "Watford, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/watford-village-on179010-1881/.