Augusta, Ontario (1891 census)

Augusta was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,534. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4820879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.749°N, 75.646°W.

Population

In 1891, Augusta had a population of 4,534: 2,268 male and 2,266 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, Augusta shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Elizabethtown
• Oxford
• Prescott, T-V
• Wolford

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 4,534 total population, 2,268 males, 2,266 females, 1,642 married persons, 976 families, 821 married females, 821 married males, 204 widowed persons, 136 widowed females, 68 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,688 single persons under 18, 1,379 single males under 18, 1,309 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,525 persons who are not French Canadian, 9 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 965 houses, 965 occupied houses, 709 houses of 1 story, 682 houses built of wood, 449 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 256 houses of 2 stories, 213 houses built of stone, 132 houses of 5 rooms, 125 houses of 4 rooms, 114 houses of 3 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 60 houses of 2 rooms, 55 uninhabited houses, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 37 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 166,995 pounds of homemade butter, 122,370 bushels of oats, 113,035 bushels of potatoes, 76,516 acres of land in farms, 62,778 acres of improved land in farms, 37,054 acres of farmland under crops, 30,265 bushels of corn, 24,886 acres of farmland in pasture, 21,344 chickens, 20,310 bushels of turnips, 18,441 tons of hay, 16,619 acres of hay crops, 13,738 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,568 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,279 bushels of buckwheat, 8,726 acres of oats, 6,450 bushels of barley, 6,249 bushels of spring wheat, 6,139 milk cows, 2,836 bushels of rye, 2,830 sheep, 2,534 bushels of peas, 2,270 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,194 other cattle, 1,869 horses aged over 3 years, 1,828 swine, 1,730 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,193 acres of potatoes, 990 acres of wheat, 947 occupants of farms, 890 geese, 841 cattle killed or sold, 838 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 779 farm occupants who own their land, 736 bushels of winter wheat, 653 ducks, 635 turkeys, 533 horses aged 3 years and under, 512 bushels of beans, 421 acres of barley, 305 other fowl, 262 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 252 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 189 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 182 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 167 farm occupants who rent their land, 123 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 103 acres of turnips, 63 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 62 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON066001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4820879
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_(Ontario)

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). "Augusta, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/augusta-on066001-1891/.