Arran, Ontario (1891 census)

Arran was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.463°N, 81.214°W.

Population

In 1891, Arran had a population of 2,913: 1,489 male and 1,424 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Arran shared boundaries with:

• Amabel & Saugeen
• Derby
• Elderslie
• Saugeen
• Sullivan
• Tara, VL

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,913 total population, 1,489 males, 1,424 females, 920 married persons, 540 families, 460 married females, 460 married males, 82 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,911 single persons under 18, 997 single males under 18, 914 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,913 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 523 occupied houses, 507 houses, 411 houses built of wood, 350 houses of 2 stories, 263 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 156 houses of 1 story, 87 houses built of brick, 82 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 5 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 195,909 pounds of homemade butter, 167,202 bushels of oats, 155,571 bushels of turnips, 71,285 bushels of peas, 52,449 acres of land in farms, 41,406 acres of improved land in farms, 38,778 bushels of potatoes, 28,975 acres of farmland under crops, 28,935 bushels of winter wheat, 22,509 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17,895 bushels of spring wheat, 16,040 chickens, 11,769 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,534 tons of hay, 11,043 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,732 bushels of barley, 8,347 acres of hay crops, 7,057 acres of oats, 5,089 sheep, 4,195 other cattle, 3,660 acres of wheat, 2,711 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,568 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,180 swine, 1,939 milk cows, 1,828 cattle killed or sold, 1,430 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,094 horses aged over 3 years, 864 geese, 855 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 662 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 656 bushels of corn, 627 bushels of buckwheat, 594 horses aged 3 years and under, 508 occupants of farms, 470 acres of barley, 461 turkeys, 449 farm occupants who own their land, 447 bushels of rye, 403 acres of turnips, 340 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 333 acres of potatoes, 306 ducks, Capacity of silos (tons): 215, 205 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 190 bushels of beans, 126 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 88 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 farm occupants who rent their land, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 other fowl, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON052003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104003_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). "Arran, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/arran-on052003-1891/.