Whitby W-O, Ontario (1881 census)

Whitby W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.943°N, 78.969°W.

Population

In 1881, Whitby W-O had a population of 2,946: 1,498 male and 1,448 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Whitby, W-O, 1871 (86.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Whitby W-O, 1891 (80.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Whitby W-O shared boundaries with:

• Pickering
• Reach
• Whitby E
• Whitby, Town—Ville

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 2,946 total population, 1,498 males, 1,448 females, 973 married persons, 579 families, 487 married males, 486 married females, 111 widowed persons, 80 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,862 single persons under 18, 980 single males under 18, 882 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 571 occupied houses, 569 inhabited houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 432,755 bushels of turnips, 79,402 bushels of oats, 78,982 bushels of barley, 42,657 bushels of other root crops, 39,877 bushels of peas and beans, 35,697 bushels of spring wheat, 28,533 bushels of potatoes, 26,934 bushels of winter wheat, 16,843 bushels of corn, 5,817 tons of hay, 4,110 acres of wheat, 3,800 acres of hay crops, 1,728 bushels of rye, 869 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 727 bushels of buckwheat, 264 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,946 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: ON132002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON102005_1891 — 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 W-O, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitby-w-o-on132002-1881/.