Amaranth, Ontario (1891 census)

Amaranth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,799. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260697. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.980°N, 80.233°W.

Population

In 1891, Amaranth had a population of 2,799: 1,495 male and 1,304 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Shelburne, Village, 1881 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Amaranth shared boundaries with:

• Garafraxa, East—Est
• Luther E & W-O
• Melancthon
• Mono

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,799 total population, 1,495 males, 1,304 females, 896 married persons, 550 families, 448 married females, 448 married males, 79 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,824 single persons under 18, 1,012 single males under 18, 812 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,774 persons who are not French Canadian, 25 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 544 houses, 544 occupied houses, 473 houses built of wood, 310 houses of 1 story, 234 houses of 2 stories, 188 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 141 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 62 houses built of brick, 61 houses of 2 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 16 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 229,042 bushels of oats, 146,370 pounds of homemade butter, 112,305 bushels of turnips, 79,659 bushels of potatoes, 57,111 acres of land in farms, 49,252 bushels of barley, 43,463 bushels of peas, 38,022 acres of improved land in farms, 30,836 acres of farmland under crops, 22,786 bushels of spring wheat, 19,089 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,881 chickens, 12,730 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,377 acres of oats, 8,156 tons of hay, 6,839 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,818 acres of hay crops, 3,285 bushels of winter wheat, 3,167 other cattle, 3,151 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,142 swine, 2,878 sheep, 2,726 turkeys, 2,493 acres of barley, 2,209 acres of wheat, 1,858 geese, 1,830 milk cows, 1,530 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,369 cattle killed or sold, 1,147 ducks, 1,141 horses aged over 3 years, 740 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 635 acres of potatoes, 632 horses aged 3 years and under, 542 occupants of farms, 423 farm occupants who own their land, 393 acres of turnips, 347 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 306 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 212 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 211 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 171 bushels of corn, 139 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 116 farm occupants who rent their land, 90 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 80 bushels of rye, 67 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 bushels of buckwheat, 22 oxen, 20 other fowl, 9 bushels of beans, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON127001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON106001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260697

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). "Amaranth, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amaranth-on127001-1891/.