Yonge and Escott, Rear, Ontario (1881 census)
Yonge and Escott, Rear was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.614°N, 75.951°W.
Population
In 1881, Yonge and Escott, Rear had a population of 2,103: 982 male and 1,121 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,791 |
| 1881 | 2,103 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Athens, Village, 1891 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Yonge and Escott, Rear 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 2,103 total population, 1,121 females, 982 males, 728 married persons, 428 families, 365 married females, 363 married males, 109 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,266 single persons under 18, 681 single females under 18, 585 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 408 inhabited houses, 408 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 40,040 bushels of oats, 26,722 bushels of potatoes, 7,276 bushels of barley, 5,793 bushels of corn, 5,621 bushels of winter wheat, 4,716 bushels of other root crops, 4,447 bushels of peas and beans, 4,377 tons of hay, 3,538 acres of hay crops, 2,484 bushels of rye, 2,084 bushels of buckwheat, 611 acres of wheat, 487 bushels of turnips, 447 bushels of spring wheat, 241 acres of potatoes, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,103 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:
ON110010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110010_1871— 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). "Yonge and Escott, Rear, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/yonge-and-escott-rear-on110010-1881/.