Alice & Fraser, Ontario (1891 census)
Alice & Fraser was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,920. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.743°N, 77.301°W.
Population
In 1891, Alice & Fraser had a population of 1,920: 1,008 male and 912 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,566 |
| 1881 | 1,912 |
| 1891 | 1,920 |
| 1901 | 2,139 |
| 1911 | 1,922 |
| 1921 | 1,783 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Alice & Fraser shared boundaries with:
- Hagarty & Jones
- Petewawa & McKay
- Sherwood, Richards & Burns
- Stafford
- Unorganized Territory
- Wilberforce & Algona, North—Nord
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,920 total population, 1,008 males, 912 females, 626 married persons, 327 families, 313 married females, 313 married males, 39 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,255 single persons under 18, 679 single males under 18, 576 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,864 persons who are not French Canadian, 56 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 319 occupied houses, 310 houses, 305 houses of 1 story, 294 houses built of wood, 90 houses of 2 rooms, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 47 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 46 houses of 1 room, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 9 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 73,668 pounds of homemade butter, 50,507 bushels of oats, 47,153 acres of land in farms, 31,655 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,916 bushels of potatoes, 15,498 acres of improved land in farms, 12,718 acres of farmland under crops, 12,386 bushels of peas, 10,794 bushels of spring wheat, 8,804 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,737 bushels of rye, 6,114 chickens, 3,907 acres of hay crops, 3,613 tons of hay, 3,269 acres of oats, 3,261 bushels of turnips, 2,706 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,294 sheep, 1,340 other cattle, 1,258 milk cows, 1,178 acres of wheat, 1,133 sheep slaughtered or sold, 797 swine slaughtered or sold, 745 swine, 574 horses aged over 3 years, 520 bushels of buckwheat, 499 cattle killed or sold, 349 geese, 317 occupants of farms, 293 bushels of barley, 292 acres of potatoes, 288 turkeys, 286 farm occupants who own their land, 235 horses aged 3 years and under, 129 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 121 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 89 ducks, 74 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 34 other fowl, 28 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 acres of turnips, 19 acres of barley, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 oxen, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON142004_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 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). "Alice & Fraser, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alice-fraser-on114002-1891/.