Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River, Ontario (1891 census)
Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,119. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.814°N, 80.415°W.
Population
In 1891, Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River had a population of 1,119: 627 male and 492 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 521 |
| 1891 | 1,119 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Mowat & Blair, 1901 (43.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Shawanaga & Harrison, 1901 (17.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wallbridge & Brown, 1901 (23.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,119 total population, 627 males, 492 females, 376 married persons, 188 married females, 188 married males, 182 families, 19 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 724 single persons under 18, 431 single males under 18, 293 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 602 persons who are not French Canadian, 517 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 182 houses, 182 occupied houses, 180 houses built of wood, 96 houses of 1 story, 82 houses of 2 stories, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 26 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 1 room, 16 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,239 bushels of potatoes, 1,112 acres of land in farms, 1,003 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 573 chickens, 150 bushels of turnips, 110 bushels of oats, 109 acres of improved land in farms, 101 acres of farmland under crops, 96 swine, 57 other cattle, 54 milk cows, 24 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17 occupants of farms, 15 geese, 13 horses aged over 3 years, 12 farm occupants who own their land, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of potatoes, 7 acres of farmland in pasture, 6 bushels of peas, 6 sheep, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 acres of oats, 4 ducks, 4 oxen, 3 other fowl, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON095004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095004— 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). "Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blair-brown-burton-shawanaga-harrison-walbridge-mowat-french-river-on095004-1891/.