Cavan, Ontario (1891 census)

Cavan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.186°N, 78.467°W.

Population

In 1891, Cavan had a population of 3,106: 1,621 male and 1,485 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, Cavan shared boundaries with:

• Clarke
• Emily
• Hope
• Manvers
• Millbrook, VL
• Monaghan N
• Monaghan S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,106 total population, 1,621 males, 1,485 females, 961 married persons, 608 families, 481 married males, 480 married females, 120 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 44 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,025 single persons under 18, 1,096 single males under 18, 929 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,106 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 602 houses, 602 occupied houses, 418 houses built of wood, 374 houses of 1 story, 356 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 226 houses of 2 stories, 166 houses built of brick, 69 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 67 houses of 4 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses built of stone, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 151,551 bushels of oats, 146,376 pounds of homemade butter, 141,444 bushels of turnips, 90,780 bushels of barley, 85,452 bushels of spring wheat, 61,800 acres of land in farms, 57,205 bushels of peas, 49,207 bushels of potatoes, 48,630 acres of improved land in farms, 39,984 acres of farmland under crops, 38,507 bushels of winter wheat, 24,423 chickens, 13,170 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,420 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,123 acres of wheat, 8,788 tons of hay, 7,812 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,392 bushels of buckwheat, 6,555 bushels of rye, 6,424 acres of oats, 6,279 acres of hay crops, 4,871 acres of barley, 3,286 swine, 2,944 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,894 bushels of corn, 2,823 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,769 sheep, 2,717 other cattle, 2,128 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,862 milk cows, 1,655 horses aged over 3 years, 1,295 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,227 geese, 1,010 cattle killed or sold, 834 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 830 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 827 turkeys, 722 horses aged 3 years and under, 588 bushels of beans, 586 occupants of farms, 550 acres of potatoes, 461 farm occupants who own their land, 430 acres of turnips, 417 ducks, 179 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 159 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 155 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 122 farm occupants who rent their land, 122 other fowl, 66 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108002_1881 — 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). "Cavan, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cavan-on058001-1891/.