Carrick, Ontario (1891 census)

Carrick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,503. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.042°N, 81.105°W.

Population

In 1891, Carrick had a population of 5,503: 2,850 male and 2,653 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, Carrick shared boundaries with:

• Brant
• Culross
• Howick
• Minto
• Normanby

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,503 total population, 2,850 males, 2,653 females, 1,662 married persons, 921 families, 831 married females, 831 married males, 152 widowed persons, 87 widowed females, 65 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,689 single persons under 18, 1,954 single males under 18, 1,735 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,452 persons who are not French Canadian, 51 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 913 occupied houses, 911 houses, 836 houses of 1 story, 730 houses built of wood, 505 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 121 houses built of brick, 116 houses of 4 rooms, 112 houses of 5 rooms, 109 houses of 3 rooms, 74 houses of 2 stories, 60 houses built of stone, 39 uninhabited houses, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses under construction, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 331,355 bushels of turnips, 241,383 pounds of homemade butter, 197,385 bushels of oats, 101,517 bushels of peas, 100,105 bushels of winter wheat, 63,699 bushels of potatoes, 59,872 acres of land in farms, 46,202 acres of improved land in farms, 30,904 acres of farmland under crops, 26,255 chickens, 23,222 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 21,286 bushels of barley, 14,309 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,797 tons of hay, 13,670 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,466 acres of hay crops, 7,699 acres of oats, 6,107 bushels of spring wheat, 5,901 acres of wheat, 5,897 sheep, 5,234 other cattle, 3,988 swine, 3,850 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,097 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,843 milk cows, 1,675 cattle killed or sold, 1,518 horses aged over 3 years, 1,143 geese, 988 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 973 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 901 acres of barley, 856 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 820 occupants of farms, 786 acres of turnips, 766 bushels of rye, 717 farm occupants who own their land, 677 horses aged 3 years and under, 602 acres of potatoes, 443 ducks, 439 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 294 bushels of buckwheat, 272 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 252 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 181 other fowl, 168 turkeys, 152 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 131 bushels of beans, 119 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 107 bushels of corn, 98 farm occupants who rent their land, 31 oxen, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON051002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104006_1921 — 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). "Carrick, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/carrick-on051002-1891/.