York E, Ontario (1881 census)

York E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.734°N, 79.354°W.

Population

In 1881, York E had a population of 6,491: 3,286 male and 3,205 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).

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 York E, 1891 (92.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, York E shared boundaries with:

• Markham
• Scarborough
• Toronto, St. David's Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Lawrence Ward—Quartier
• York W-O
• Yorkville, Village

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 6,491 total population, 3,286 males, 3,205 females, 2,210 married persons, 1,257 families, 1,110 married males, 1,100 married females, 200 widowed persons, 128 widowed females, 72 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 4,081 single persons under 18, 2,104 single males under 18, 1,977 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 1,251 inhabited houses, 1,251 occupied houses, 99 uninhabited houses, 19 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 126,312 bushels of potatoes, 80,611 bushels of oats, 64,874 bushels of other root crops, 44,983 bushels of barley, 38,777 bushels of winter wheat, 19,850 bushels of turnips, 19,500 bushels of peas and beans, 7,835 bushels of spring wheat, 5,208 tons of hay, 3,771 acres of hay crops, 3,003 acres of wheat, 2,898 bushels of corn, 1,716 bushels of rye, 1,215 acres of potatoes, 130 bushels of buckwheat, 108 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 6,491 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: ON135002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131005_1891 — 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). "York E, Ontario (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/york-e-on135002-1881/.