Armour & Ryerson, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Armour & Ryerson (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Armour & Ryerson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,171. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.602°N, 79.432°W.

Population

In 1891, Armour & Ryerson had a population of 2,171: 1,125 male and 1,046 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Ryerson, 1901 (52.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Armour, 1901 (47.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Burks Falls, VL, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Armour & Ryerson shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,171 total population, 1,125 males, 1,046 females, 720 married persons, 422 families, 360 married females, 360 married males, 53 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,398 single persons under 18, 742 single males under 18, 656 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,169 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 416 occupied houses, 413 houses, 411 houses built of wood, 354 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 91 houses of 4 rooms, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 78 houses of 2 rooms, 69 uninhabited houses, 57 houses of 2 stories, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,911 acres of land in farms, 58,900 pounds of homemade butter, 52,648 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,271 bushels of turnips, 26,519 bushels of oats, 23,757 bushels of potatoes, 9,263 acres of improved land in farms, 7,688 acres of farmland under crops, 6,604 bushels of peas, 4,809 chickens, 4,463 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,240 tons of hay, 3,003 acres of hay crops, 2,048 bushels of barley, 1,633 bushels of spring wheat, 1,545 acres of oats, 1,475 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,014 sheep, 922 other cattle, 740 milk cows, 575 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 550 swine slaughtered or sold, 546 bushels of buckwheat, 391 cattle killed or sold, 358 swine, 346 occupants of farms, 340 sheep slaughtered or sold, 322 farm occupants who own their land, 299 horses aged over 3 years, 269 acres of wheat, 244 acres of potatoes, 225 bushels of winter wheat, 169 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 154 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 152 oxen, 150 bushels of rye, 136 acres of turnips, 123 acres of barley, 121 geese, 100 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 91 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 86 bushels of corn, 78 ducks, 70 horses aged 3 years and under, 58 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 54 other fowl, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 turkeys, 26 bushels of beans, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095001 — 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). "Armour & Ryerson, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/armour-ryerson-on095001-1891/.