Arnprior, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

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

Arnprior, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.427°N, 76.362°W.

Population

In 1891, Arnprior, Village had a population of 3,341: 1,645 male and 1,696 female residents. Population density was 1160.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	670
1871	1,714
1881	2,147
1891	3,341
1901	4,152
1911	4,405
1921	4,077

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, Arnprior, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	635
Number of families	635
Number of females	1,696
Number of males	1,645
Number of married females	539
Number of married males	540
Number of married persons	1,079
Number of widowed females	75
Number of widowed males	26
Number of widowed persons	101
POP F	1,696
POP M	1,645
POP TOT	3,341
Total population	3,341

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,082
Number of single males under 18	1,079
Number of single persons under 18	2,161

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	645
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	2,696

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	582
Number of houses built of brick	79
Number of houses built of stone	7
Number of houses built of wood	496
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	497
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	26
Number of houses of 2 rooms	12
Number of houses of 2 stories	85
Number of houses of 3 rooms	34
Number of houses of 4 rooms	108
Number of houses of 5 rooms	95
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	295
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	11
Number of houses under construction	9
Number of occupied houses	582
Number of uninhabited houses	11

Agriculture (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	1
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	182
Acres of farmland in pasture	182
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	288
Acres of farmland under crops	72
Acres of hay crops	44
Acres of improved land in farms	436
Acres of land in farms	724
Acres of oats	76
Acres of potatoes	56
Acres of turnips	7
Acres of wheat	35
BAR AC	1
BAR BU	25
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	25
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	10
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,655
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	855
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,748
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	380
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	846
CRN BU	10
HAY AC	44
HAY TONS	51
Number of chickens	2,035
Number of ducks	27
Number of farm occupants who own their land	308
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	240
Number of geese	35
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	4
Number of horses aged over 3 years	170
Number of milk cows	191
Number of occupants of farms	548
Number of other cattle	16
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	543
Number of sheep	10
Number of swine	104
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	3
Number of turkeys	4
OAT AC	76
OAT BU	1,655
PEA BU	855
POT AC	56
POT BU	4,748
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	40
Pounds of homemade butter	8,631
Tons of hay produced in the past year	51
WHT AC	35
WHT SP BU	380

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	1
BUTTER LB	8,631
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,082
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,079
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	2,161
COARSE WOOL LB	40
COLTS FILLIES	4
DUCKS	27
FAMILIES	635
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FRN CA	645
GEESE	35
HENS AND CHKN	2,035
HORSES OVR THREE	170
HOUSES	582
HOUSES B	79
HOUSES CON	9
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	26
HOUSES FIVE RM	95
HOUSES FOUR RM	108
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	497
HOUSES S	7
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	295
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	11
HOUSES THREE RM	34
HOUSES TWO RM	12
HOUSES TWO STRY	85
HOUSES UNINH	11
HOUSES W	496
INF 11 A	543
MD FEM	539
MD MALE	540
MD TOT	1,079
MILK COWS	191
NAME CD	Renfrew, South-Sud
OC F	240
OC P	308
OC TOT	548
OTHER HRN CATTLE	16
OTHERS	2,696
SHEEP	10
SUP AM	436
SUP FOR	288
SUP JV	182
SUP PAT	182
SUP SC	72
SUP TOT	724
SWINE	104
SWINE KS	3
TOT DWLG OCC	582
TUR AC	7
TUR BU	846
TURKEY	4
WID FEM	75
WID MALE	26
WID TOT	101

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON115002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142036 — 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). "Arnprior, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arnprior-village-on115002-1891/.