Ponsonby, Namur, Quebec (1881 census)
Ponsonby, Namur was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 310. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.916°N, 74.783°W.
Population
In 1881, Ponsonby, Namur had a population of 310: 182 male and 128 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Rouge, N, 1871 (14.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ponsonby, Namur shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 59 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 65 |
| Number of families | 65 |
| Number of females | 128 |
| Number of males | 182 |
| Number of married females | 53 |
| Number of married males | 53 |
| Number of married persons | 106 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 5 |
| POP TOT | 310 |
| Total population | 310 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 74 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 125 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 199 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 65 |
| Number of occupied houses | 65 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 44 |
| Acres of potatoes | 53 |
| Acres of wheat | 9 |
| BAR BU | 282 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 282 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 347 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 38 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,383 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,852 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,727 |
| BWT BU | 347 |
| CRN BU | 38 |
| HAY AC | 44 |
| HAY TONS | 32 |
| OAT BU | 2,383 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 42 |
| POT AC | 53 |
| POT BU | 3,852 |
| RYE BU | 15 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 32 |
| WHT AC | 9 |
| WHT SP BU | 84 |
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 74 |
| C UNMD M | 125 |
| C UNMD TOT | 199 |
| D OCC | 65 |
| FEMALE | 128 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 65 |
| MALE | 182 |
| MD F | 53 |
| MD M | 53 |
| MD TOT | 106 |
| NUMBER CD | 97 |
| TUR BU | 7,727 |
| WID F | 1 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 5 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC097023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097023— 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). "Ponsonby, Namur, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ponsonby-namur-qc097023-1881/.