Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson, Ontario (1891 census)

Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 155. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.470°N, 80.694°W.

Population

In 1891, Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson had a population of 155: 100 male and 55 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 NO DATA, 1881 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hagar, Loughrin, Awrey & Hawley, 1901 (38.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dryden, Neelon, Garson & part Maclennan, 1901 (35.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson shared boundaries with:

• Blezard, McKim (including Sudbury & Broder)
• Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett
• Norman
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 155 total population, 100 males, 55 females, 52 married persons, 28 married males, 27 families, 24 married females, 5.60 average size of families, 4 widowed males, 4 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 99 single persons under 18, 68 single males under 18, 31 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 86 persons who are not French Canadian, 69 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 26 houses, 26 houses built of wood, 26 occupied houses, 14 houses of 1 story, 12 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,019 acres of land in farms, 3,761 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 860 pounds of homemade butter, 510 bushels of oats, 350 bushels of potatoes, 295 bushels of peas, 258 acres of improved land in farms, 215 chickens, 126 acres of farmland in pasture, 113 acres of farmland under crops, 51 acres of hay crops, 34 tons of hay, 26 occupants of farms, 24 acres of oats, 19 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 19 farm occupants who own their land, 16 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15 milk cows, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 horses aged over 3 years, 13 other cattle, 9 acres of potatoes, 9 swine, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 sheep, 2 bushels of beans, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 turkeys, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 swine slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096009 — 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). "Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/appleby-hagar-awrey-hawley-dryden-dill-nelson-on096009-1891/.