Arkona, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Arkona, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Arkona, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 463. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.086°N, 81.838°W.

Population

In 1891, Arkona, Village had a population of 463: 238 male and 225 female residents. Population density was 461.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	569
1891	463
1901	468
1911	424
1921	420

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, Arkona, Village shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.20
FAM NO	110
Number of families	110
Number of females	225
Number of males	238
Number of married females	89
Number of married males	89
Number of married persons	178
Number of widowed females	15
Number of widowed males	7
Number of widowed persons	22
POP F	225
POP M	238
POP TOT	463
Total population	463

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	121
Number of single males under 18	142
Number of single persons under 18	263

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	463

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	110
Number of houses built of brick	23
Number of houses built of stone	1
Number of houses built of wood	86
Number of houses of 1 story	38
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 stories	71
Number of houses of 3 rooms	3
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	12
Number of houses of 5 rooms	16
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	68
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	2
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	110
Number of uninhabited houses	9

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	28
Acres of farmland in pasture	346
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	149
Acres of farmland under crops	784
Acres of hay crops	159
Acres of improved land in farms	1,280
Acres of land in farms	1,429
Acres of oats	133
Acres of potatoes	14
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	109
BAR AC	28
BAR BU	490
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	490
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	2,770
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	3,290
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,072
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,456
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	285
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,353
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	1,640
CRN BU	2,770
HAY AC	159
HAY TONS	237
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	27
Number of chickens	1,252
Number of ducks	25
Number of farm occupants who own their land	47
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	3
Number of geese	8
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	16
Number of horses aged over 3 years	91
Number of milk cows	76
Number of occupants of farms	50
Number of other cattle	75
Number of other fowl	18
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	32
Number of sheep	51
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	15
Number of swine	81
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	50
Number of turkeys	7
OAT AC	133
OAT BU	3,290
PEA BU	1,072
POT AC	14
POT BU	1,456
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	241
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	28
Pounds of homemade butter	2,025
Tons of hay produced in the past year	237
WHT AC	109
WHT FALL BU	1,640
WHT SP BU	285

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	4
A 11 50	8
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	5
BUTTER LB	2,025
CATTLE KS	27
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	121
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	142
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	263
COARSE WOOL LB	241
COLTS FILLIES	16
DUCKS	25
FAMILIES	110
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.20
FINE WOOL LB	28
FRN CA	0
GEESE	8
HENS AND CHKN	1,252
HORSES OVR THREE	91
HOUSES	110
HOUSES B	23
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	8
HOUSES FIVE RM	16
HOUSES FOUR RM	12
HOUSES ONE STRY	38
HOUSES S	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	68
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	2
HOUSES THREE RM	3
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	1
HOUSES TWO STRY	71
HOUSES UNINH	9
HOUSES W	86
INF 11 A	32
MD FEM	89
MD MALE	89
MD TOT	178
MILK COWS	76
NAME CD	Lambton, East—Est
OC F	3
OC P	47
OC TOT	50
OTHER FOWL	18
OTHER HRN CATTLE	75
OTHERS	463
SHEEP	51
SHEEP KS	15
SUP AM	1,280
SUP FOR	149
SUP PAT	346
SUP SC	784
SUP TOT	1,429
SWINE	81
SWINE KS	50
TOT DWLG OCC	110
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	1,353
TURKEY	7
WID FEM	15
WID MALE	7
WID TOT	22

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON081002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122016_1881 — 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). "Arkona, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arkona-village-on081002-1891/.