Cannington, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Cannington, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,050. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5032709. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.346°N, 79.047°W.
Population
In 1891, Cannington, VL had a population of 1,050: 511 male and 539 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 922 |
| 1891 | 1,050 |
| 1901 | 1,058 |
| 1911 | 948 |
| 1921 | 869 |
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, Cannington, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,050 total population, 539 females, 511 males, 365 married persons, 214 families, 183 married females, 182 married males, 48 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 637 single persons under 18, 322 single females under 18, 315 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,048 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 214 houses, 214 occupied houses, 161 houses of 1 story, 131 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 122 houses built of wood, 92 houses built of brick, 51 houses of 2 stories, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,765 pounds of homemade butter, 4,530 bushels of potatoes, 3,386 bushels of oats, 1,930 bushels of turnips, 1,680 chickens, 933 bushels of spring wheat, 817 bushels of barley, 688 acres of land in farms, 631 acres of improved land in farms, 506 acres of farmland under crops, 321 bushels of peas, 260 bushels of winter wheat, 232 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 217 occupants of farms, 207 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 167 tons of hay, 139 horses aged over 3 years, 132 farm occupants who own their land, 109 acres of farmland in pasture, 104 acres of oats, 103 acres of hay crops, 94 acres of wheat, 92 milk cows, 85 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 swine, 57 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 48 other cattle, 45 acres of barley, 44 bushels of corn, 42 swine slaughtered or sold, 37 acres of potatoes, 37 sheep, 32 bushels of beans, 29 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 ducks, 22 sheep slaughtered or sold, 19 cattle killed or sold, 18 geese, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 acres of turnips, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON101004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5032709
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannington,_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). "Cannington, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cannington-vl-on101004-1891/.