Wingham, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Wingham, Village was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,918. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.885°N, 81.302°W.
Population
In 1881, Wingham, Village had a population of 1,918: 975 male and 943 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 was contained in Turnberry, 1871 (1.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Wingham, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 59 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 379 |
| Number of families | 379 |
| Number of females | 943 |
| Number of males | 975 |
| Number of married females | 331 |
| Number of married males | 327 |
| Number of married persons | 658 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 26 |
| Number of widowed persons | 59 |
| POP TOT | 1,918 |
| Total population | 1,918 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 579 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 622 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,201 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 379 |
| Number of occupied houses | 379 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 22 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 72 |
| Acres of potatoes | 14 |
| Acres of wheat | 22 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 988 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 468 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,605 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 70 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,352 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 380 |
| CRN BU | 21 |
| HAY AC | 72 |
| HAY TONS | 118 |
| OAT BU | 988 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 20 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 4,605 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 118 |
| WHT AC | 22 |
| WHT SP BU | 70 |
| WHT WTR BU | 380 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 579 |
| C UNMD M | 622 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,201 |
| D OCC | 379 |
| FEMALE | 943 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 379 |
| H UNINH | 22 |
| MALE | 975 |
| MD F | 331 |
| MD M | 327 |
| MD TOT | 658 |
| NUMBER CD | 175 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 468 |
| TUR BU | 1,352 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 26 |
| WID TOT | 59 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON175008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON175008— 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). "Wingham, Village, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wingham-village-on175008-1881/.