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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q115261066

Cavendish, Ontario (1891 census)

Cavendish was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 94. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261066. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.774°N, 78.364°W.

Population

In 1891, Cavendish had a population of 94: 53 male and 41 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
189194
1901155
1911262
192161

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Cavendish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 94 total population, 53 males, 41 females, 33 married persons, 20 families, 17 married males, 16 married females, 4.70 average size of families, 1 widowed males, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 60 single persons under 18, 35 single males under 18, 25 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 94 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 20 houses, 20 houses built of wood, 20 houses of 1 story, 20 occupied houses, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,612 acres of land in farms, 3,144 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,325 pounds of homemade butter, 2,019 bushels of potatoes, 1,050 bushels of turnips, 590 bushels of oats, 468 acres of improved land in farms, 419 acres of farmland under crops, 413 bushels of peas, 360 bushels of winter wheat, 194 chickens, 168 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 167 bushels of spring wheat, 149 acres of hay crops, 133 tons of hay, 60 bushels of rye, 55 bushels of barley, 43 acres of farmland in pasture, 43 other cattle, 40 acres of wheat, 40 bushels of corn, 39 acres of oats, 33 sheep, 29 milk cows, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 20 farm occupants who own their land, 20 horses aged over 3 years, 20 occupants of farms, 17 acres of potatoes, 12 cattle killed or sold, 12 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 bushels of beans, 10 swine slaughtered or sold, 9 geese, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 swine, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 oxen, 5 acres of barley, 5 turkeys, 4 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 ducks, 2 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Cavendish, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cavendish-on110006-1891/.