Bosanquet, Ontario (1891 census)

Bosanquet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,866. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4947111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.171°N, 81.901°W.

Population

In 1891, Bosanquet had a population of 2,866: 1,506 male and 1,360 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, Bosanquet shared boundaries with:

• Arkona, VL
• Forest, T-V
• McGillivray
• Plympton
• Stephen
• Thedford, VL
• Warwick
• Williams W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,866 total population, 1,506 males, 1,360 females, 956 married persons, 564 families, 478 married females, 478 married males, 104 widowed persons, 74 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,806 single persons under 18, 998 single males under 18, 808 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,854 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 556 occupied houses, 555 houses, 441 houses built of wood, 365 houses of 2 stories, 292 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 189 houses of 1 story, 111 houses built of brick, 90 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 53 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 4 houses of 1 room, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 123,940 bushels of oats, 114,911 pounds of homemade butter, 63,403 bushels of barley, 57,196 bushels of winter wheat, 49,322 acres of land in farms, 45,294 bushels of corn, 40,288 acres of improved land in farms, 35,228 bushels of turnips, 28,363 acres of farmland under crops, 21,092 chickens, 19,696 bushels of peas, 17,267 bushels of spring wheat, 16,166 bushels of potatoes, 10,792 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,761 tons of hay, 10,582 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,034 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,841 acres of hay crops, 4,871 other cattle, 4,759 acres of oats, 4,194 acres of wheat, 3,214 acres of barley, 2,654 sheep, 2,502 cattle killed or sold, 2,426 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,024 swine, 1,801 milk cows, 1,791 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,714 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,304 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,300 horses aged over 3 years, 1,115 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 637 horses aged 3 years and under, 542 occupants of farms, 489 bushels of rye, 437 farm occupants who own their land, 436 geese, 407 turkeys, 290 bushels of buckwheat, 276 ducks, 255 acres of potatoes, 182 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 134 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 122 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 106 acres of turnips, 105 farm occupants who rent their land, 82 bushels of beans, 68 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON081003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4947111
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosanquet,_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). "Bosanquet, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bosanquet-on081003-1891/.