Wolfe Island, Ontario (1881 census)

Wolfe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,383. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1881, Wolfe Island had a population of 2,383: 1,213 male and 1,170 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).

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 2,383 total population, 1,213 males, 1,170 females, 696 married persons, 442 families, 350 married males, 346 married females, 121 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 44 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,566 single persons under 18, 819 single males under 18, 747 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 441 inhabited houses, 441 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 71,222 bushels of oats, 66,321 bushels of barley, 25,755 bushels of peas and beans, 23,333 bushels of potatoes, 19,258 bushels of spring wheat, 7,374 acres of hay crops, 6,815 tons of hay, 2,862 acres of wheat, 2,840 bushels of rye, 2,647 bushels of other root crops, 2,079 bushels of corn, 487 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 354 acres of potatoes, 214 bushels of buckwheat, 177 bushels of winter wheat, 87 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,381 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: ON115004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q680569
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-on115004-1881/.