Whitby E, Ontario (1881 census)
Whitby E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,417. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.952°N, 78.880°W.
Population
In 1881, Whitby E had a population of 3,417: 1,797 male and 1,620 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,411 |
| 1881 | 3,417 |
| 1911 | 2,879 |
| 1921 | 3,886 |
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, Whitby E 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 3,417 total population, 1,797 males, 1,620 females, 1,176 married persons, 683 families, 591 married females, 585 married males, 125 widowed persons, 89 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,116 single persons under 18, 1,176 single males under 18, 940 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 665 occupied houses, 658 inhabited houses, 64 uninhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 384,943 bushels of turnips, 119,328 bushels of barley, 92,207 bushels of other root crops, 89,376 bushels of oats, 54,087 bushels of peas and beans, 44,499 bushels of spring wheat, 39,093 bushels of potatoes, 19,660 bushels of winter wheat, 18,249 bushels of corn, 5,560 tons of hay, 4,446 acres of wheat, 3,865 acres of hay crops, 2,869 bushels of rye, 1,714 bushels of buckwheat, 910 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 314 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robert McLaughlin | 1836–1921 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,417 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:
ON132004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133011— 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). "Whitby E, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitby-e-on132004-1881/.