Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber, Ontario (1891 census)

Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.360°N, 85.270°W.

Population

In 1891, Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber had a population of 2,280: 1,460 male and 820 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Schreiber, 1901 (42.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Biskotasing, 1901 (16.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Chapleau, 1901 (16.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained White River, 1901 (18.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber shared boundaries with:

• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,280 total population, 1,460 males, 820 females, 776 married persons, 472 families, 444 married males, 332 married females, 56 widowed persons, 34 widowed males, 22 widowed females, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,448 single persons under 18, 982 single males under 18, 466 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,889 persons who are not French Canadian, 391 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 435 occupied houses, 219 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 216 houses, 216 houses built of wood, 128 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 2 stories, 60 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,787 bushels of potatoes, 1,641 chickens, 1,588 acres of land in farms, 1,307 acres of improved land in farms, 954 pounds of homemade butter, 808 acres of farmland under crops, 483 acres of farmland in pasture, 473 bushels of turnips, 281 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 225 bushels of oats, 151 swine, 82 milk cows, 70 bushels of spring wheat, 64 swine slaughtered or sold, 52 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 40 horses aged over 3 years, 34 ducks, 31 acres of hay crops, 28 occupants of farms, 28 other cattle, 28 tons of hay, 25 sheep, 24 farm occupants who own their land, 23 acres of potatoes, 18 other fowl, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 turkeys, 11 acres of oats, 8 cattle killed or sold, 7 acres of turnips, 5 acres of wheat, 5 oxen, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046026 — 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). "Biscotasing, Chapleau, Missanabi, White River, Peninsula & Schreiber, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/biscotasing-chapleau-missanabi-white-river-peninsula-schreiber-on046026-1891/.