Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh, Ontario (1891 census)

Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.055°N, 77.303°W.

Population

In 1891, Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh had a population of 870: 470 male and 400 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Abinger } Ashby } Denbigh, 1901 (75.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh shared boundaries with:

• Barrie
• Clarendon & Miller
• Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
• Griffith
• Kaladar, Anglesea
• Lyndoch
• Matawatchan
• Mayo
• Raglan & Radcliffe
• Tudor & Cashel

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 870 total population, 470 males, 400 females, 301 married persons, 176 families, 151 married males, 150 married females, 20 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 549 single persons under 18, 310 single males under 18, 239 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 867 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 176 houses, 176 occupied houses, 172 houses built of wood, 136 houses of 1 story, 53 houses of 4 rooms, 42 houses of 2 rooms, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 2 stories, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 35,502 acres of land in farms, 32,725 pounds of homemade butter, 30,454 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,783 bushels of oats, 12,172 bushels of potatoes, 6,194 bushels of turnips, 5,048 acres of improved land in farms, 3,974 acres of farmland under crops, 3,575 bushels of peas, 2,303 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,245 chickens, 1,936 bushels of rye, 1,653 bushels of spring wheat, 1,502 acres of hay crops, 1,307 tons of hay, 979 acres of farmland in pasture, 950 bushels of buckwheat, 950 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 935 sheep, 919 acres of oats, 794 bushels of corn, 487 other cattle, 430 milk cows, 236 swine, 213 bushels of barley, 198 horses aged over 3 years, 188 acres of wheat, 169 occupants of farms, 163 farm occupants who own their land, 160 swine slaughtered or sold, 147 geese, 137 sheep slaughtered or sold, 124 acres of potatoes, 114 bushels of beans, 95 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 80 oxen, 80 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 78 cattle killed or sold, 73 ducks, 73 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 67 horses aged 3 years and under, 51 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 41 turkeys, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 33 acres of turnips, 15 acres of barley, 7 other fowl, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON045001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON045001_1891_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 1891 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). "Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/abinger-effingham-ashby-denbigh-on045001-1891/.