Chelmsford & Cartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Chelmsford & Cartier (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Chelmsford & Cartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 755. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.575°N, 81.308°W.

Population

In 1891, Chelmsford & Cartier had a population of 755: 423 male and 332 female residents.

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

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Cartier, 1901 (7.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Snider & Waters, 1901 (12.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Gertrude, Mine & Creighton, 1901 (8.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Balfour, Chelmsford & unorganized territory— Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (16.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Rayside & Unorg. Ter—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (14.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Chelmsford & Cartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 755 total population, 423 males, 332 females, 273 married persons, 151 families, 140 married males, 133 married females, 9 widowed persons, 5 average size of families, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 473 single persons under 18, 278 single males under 18, 195 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 532 French Canadians, 223 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 148 occupied houses, 92 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 56 houses, 56 houses built of wood, 45 houses of 1 story, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,919 acres of land in farms, 23,445 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,748 pounds of homemade butter, 3,127 bushels of potatoes, 2,783 bushels of oats, 1,938 bushels of peas, 1,700 bushels of turnips, 1,474 acres of improved land in farms, 1,330 acres of farmland under crops, 1,306 chickens, 421 acres of hay crops, 380 tons of hay, 236 bushels of barley, 235 acres of oats, 147 bushels of spring wheat, 120 acres of farmland in pasture, 118 milk cows, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 106 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 103 occupants of farms, 100 farm occupants who own their land, 92 other cattle, 79 swine, 50 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of winter wheat, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 37 swine slaughtered or sold, 36 sheep, 34 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 acres of turnips, 20 acres of wheat, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 acres of barley, 16 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 14 geese, 13 cattle killed or sold, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 8 other fowl, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 turkeys, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 ducks, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON046027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046027 — 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). "Chelmsford & Cartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chelmsford-cartier-on046027-1891/.