Yarmouth, Ontario (1881 census)
Yarmouth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,575. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.758°N, 81.124°W.
Population
In 1881, Yarmouth had a population of 5,575: 2,869 male and 2,706 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,288 |
| 1861 | 6,166 |
| 1871 | 5,563 |
| 1881 | 5,575 |
| 1891 | 5,471 |
| 1901 | 5,089 |
| 1911 | 5,217 |
| 1921 | 5,212 |
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, Yarmouth 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 5,575 total population, 2,869 males, 2,706 females, 2,027 married persons, 1,161 families, 1,016 married females, 1,011 married males, 234 widowed persons, 160 widowed females, 74 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,314 single persons under 18, 1,784 single males under 18, 1,530 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,161 inhabited houses, 1,161 occupied houses, 59 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 212,408 bushels of winter wheat, 209,910 bushels of oats, 126,997 bushels of corn, 62,564 bushels of potatoes, 31,277 bushels of turnips, 30,148 bushels of barley, 29,083 bushels of other root crops, 25,192 bushels of peas and beans, 12,023 tons of hay, 10,110 acres of wheat, 8,511 acres of hay crops, 1,105 bushels of buckwheat, 1,097 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,088 bushels of rye, 665 acres of potatoes, 223 bushels of spring wheat. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Wilson Hilborn | 1849–1921 | born here |
| George John Blewett | 1873–1912 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,575 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:
ON163001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON109007_1881_1921— 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). "Yarmouth, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/yarmouth-on163001-1881/.