Whitby, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)
Whitby, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,140. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q386338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.896°N, 78.950°W.
Population
In 1881, Whitby, Town—Ville had a population of 3,140: 1,562 male and 1,578 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 contained Whitby, Town—Ville, 1871 (39.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Whitby, Town—Ville, 1891 (8.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Whitby, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,140 total population, 1,578 females, 1,562 males, 1,003 married persons, 614 families, 504 married females, 499 married males, 142 widowed persons, 109 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,995 single persons under 18, 1,030 single males under 18, 965 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 598 inhabited houses, 598 occupied houses, 50 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 28,885 bushels of turnips, 13,656 bushels of other root crops, 13,117 bushels of potatoes, 12,007 bushels of barley, 10,238 bushels of oats, 7,076 bushels of peas and beans, 3,930 bushels of corn, 3,444 bushels of winter wheat, 2,983 bushels of spring wheat, 915 tons of hay, 660 acres of hay crops, 355 acres of wheat, 220 bushels of rye, 122 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 acres of potatoes, 70 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,140 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:
ON132003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON132003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q386338
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby_(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). "Whitby, Town—Ville, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitby-town-ville-on132003-1881/.