Cayuga, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Cayuga, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 822. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5055454. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.948°N, 79.848°W.
Population
In 1891, Cayuga, VL had a population of 822: 399 male and 423 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 803 |
| 1881 | 830 |
| 1891 | 822 |
| 1901 | 771 |
| 1911 | 736 |
| 1921 | 784 |
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, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 822 total population, 423 females, 399 males, 252 married persons, 168 families, 127 married males, 125 married females, 46 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 524 single persons under 18, 263 single females under 18, 261 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 816 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 167 houses, 167 occupied houses, 131 houses built of wood, 115 houses of 2 stories, 85 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 51 houses of 1 story, 35 houses built of brick, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,900 pounds of homemade butter, 3,419 bushels of winter wheat, 2,102 bushels of oats, 2,084 bushels of peas, 2,016 acres of land in farms, 1,805 acres of improved land in farms, 1,784 chickens, 854 acres of farmland under crops, 852 acres of farmland in pasture, 805 bushels of potatoes, 731 tons of hay, 700 bushels of turnips, 680 bushels of barley, 451 acres of hay crops, 285 acres of wheat, 237 bushels of spring wheat, 215 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 211 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 205 swine slaughtered or sold, 151 horses aged over 3 years, 133 milk cows, 130 occupants of farms, 129 swine, 116 acres of oats, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 89 sheep, 85 bushels of corn, 84 other cattle, 78 ducks, 77 farm occupants who own their land, 70 horses aged 3 years and under, 58 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 56 cattle killed or sold, 53 farm occupants who rent their land, 33 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 sheep slaughtered or sold, 31 acres of barley, 19 turkeys, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 geese, 8 acres of potatoes, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON070003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5055454
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga,_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). "Cayuga, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cayuga-vl-on070003-1891/.