Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 242. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.110°N, 78.374°W.

Population

In 1891, Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald had a population of 242: 130 male and 112 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 (0.3% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Cameron, 1901 (43.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 242 total population, 130 males, 112 females, 84 married persons, 42 married females, 42 married males, 40 families, 12 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 6 average size of families, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 146 single persons under 18, 81 single males under 18, 65 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 139 French Canadians, 103 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 38 occupied houses, 29 houses, 29 houses built of wood, 17 houses of 2 stories, 11 houses of 1 story, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 9 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,766 acres of land in farms, 5,158 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,454 pounds of homemade butter, 2,242 bushels of potatoes, 1,608 acres of improved land in farms, 831 acres of farmland under crops, 770 acres of farmland in pasture, 727 bushels of oats, 551 acres of hay crops, 427 tons of hay, 422 chickens, 322 bushels of turnips, 264 bushels of peas, 207 bushels of rye, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 109 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 80 other cattle, 58 acres of oats, 54 milk cows, 33 occupants of farms, 30 bushels of barley, 29 farm occupants who own their land, 29 swine, 28 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of corn, 25 swine slaughtered or sold, 24 sheep, 20 cattle killed or sold, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 other fowl, 13 ducks, 12 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of barley, 2 employees on farms, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 oxen, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON096001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096001 — 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). "Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cameron-deacon-fitzgerald-on096001-1891/.