Cayuga N, Ontario (1891 census)
Cayuga N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,893. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.944°N, 79.818°W.
Population
In 1891, Cayuga N had a population of 1,893: 991 male and 902 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,012 |
| 1881 | 2,109 |
| 1891 | 1,893 |
| 1911 | 1,515 |
| 1921 | 1,423 |
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, Cayuga N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,893 total population, 991 males, 902 females, 640 married persons, 378 families, 320 married females, 320 married males, 83 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,170 single persons under 18, 644 single males under 18, 526 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,893 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 370 houses, 370 occupied houses, 314 houses built of wood, 305 houses of 2 stories, 229 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 1 story, 50 houses built of brick, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 152,196 pounds of homemade butter, 49,323 bushels of winter wheat, 47,028 bushels of oats, 32,110 acres of land in farms, 27,844 bushels of peas, 24,565 acres of improved land in farms, 23,025 acres of farmland under crops, 13,256 chickens, 10,266 tons of hay, 8,525 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,197 bushels of barley, 7,545 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,141 acres of hay crops, 5,266 bushels of potatoes, 4,839 bushels of spring wheat, 4,072 acres of wheat, 3,922 bushels of turnips, 2,706 swine, 2,483 acres of oats, 2,315 sheep, 2,057 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,005 other cattle, 1,955 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,540 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,253 milk cows, 1,030 sheep slaughtered or sold, 950 bushels of corn, 928 acres of farmland in pasture, 838 horses aged over 3 years, 771 geese, 723 cattle killed or sold, 706 acres of barley, 619 ducks, 612 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 603 turkeys, 570 bushels of buckwheat, 388 horses aged 3 years and under, 370 bushels of rye, 356 occupants of farms, 297 farm occupants who own their land, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 115 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 103 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 88 acres of potatoes, 70 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 farm occupants who rent their land, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 acres of turnips, 27 other fowl, 25 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON070002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115002_1911— 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). "Cayuga N, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cayuga-n-on070002-1891/.