Wookwamakong, Ontario (1881 census)
Wookwamakong was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,070. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.663°N, 81.752°W.
Population
In 1881, Wookwamakong had a population of 1,070: 534 male and 536 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,070 |
| 1891 | 1,191 |
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, Wookwamakong shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,070 total population, 536 females, 534 males, 374 married persons, 218 families, 188 married males, 186 married females, 52 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 644 single persons under 18, 328 single males under 18, 316 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 217 inhabited houses, 217 occupied houses, 16 houses under construction, 11 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,221 bushels of potatoes, 3,401 bushels of corn, 1,682 bushels of oats, 1,511 bushels of peas and beans, 1,381 acres of hay crops, 1,328 bushels of spring wheat, 738 tons of hay, 384 acres of potatoes, 333 bushels of turnips, 194 acres of wheat, 116 bushels of other root crops, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,070 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:
ON182012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046063— 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). "Wookwamakong, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wookwamakong-on182012-1881/.