Amherst Island, Ontario (1891 census)

Amherst Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.144°N, 76.718°W.

Population

In 1891, Amherst Island had a population of 938: 498 male and 440 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 938 total population, 498 males, 440 females, 280 married persons, 180 families, 140 married females, 140 married males, 44 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 614 single persons under 18, 343 single males under 18, 271 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 935 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 178 occupied houses, 175 houses, 164 houses built of wood, 106 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 95 houses of 2 stories, 80 houses of 1 story, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 5 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,057 bushels of barley, 42,674 pounds of homemade butter, 32,834 bushels of oats, 14,435 acres of land in farms, 13,351 acres of improved land in farms, 9,252 acres of farmland under crops, 8,226 bushels of peas, 7,241 chickens, 7,236 bushels of potatoes, 6,238 bushels of spring wheat, 3,951 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,615 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,627 acres of barley, 2,350 tons of hay, 1,945 acres of hay crops, 1,752 acres of oats, 1,453 bushels of buckwheat, 1,084 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 890 bushels of corn, 858 acres of wheat, 857 bushels of turnips, 826 bushels of rye, 791 sheep, 711 milk cows, 607 other cattle, 545 swine slaughtered or sold, 494 horses aged over 3 years, 372 sheep slaughtered or sold, 367 swine, 301 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 245 turkeys, 240 geese, 198 cattle killed or sold, 179 ducks, 156 horses aged 3 years and under, 148 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 131 acres of potatoes, 121 occupants of farms, 78 farm occupants who own their land, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON087002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125002 — 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). "Amherst Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherst-island-on087002-1891/.