Chinguacousy, Ontario (1891 census)

Chinguacousy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,744. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5101043. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.733°N, 79.825°W.

Population

In 1891, Chinguacousy had a population of 4,744: 2,456 male and 2,288 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, Chinguacousy shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Brampton, T-V
• Caledon
• Erin
• Esquesing
• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Trafalgar

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,744 total population, 2,456 males, 2,288 females, 1,421 married persons, 910 families, 711 married females, 710 married males, 217 widowed persons, 146 widowed females, 71 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,106 single persons under 18, 1,675 single males under 18, 1,431 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,743 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 873 houses, 873 occupied houses, 557 houses built of wood, 547 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 460 houses of 2 stories, 411 houses of 1 story, 276 houses built of brick, 127 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 92 uninhabited houses, 79 houses of 4 rooms, 70 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses built of stone, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 333,324 pounds of homemade butter, 269,511 bushels of barley, 259,914 bushels of oats, 117,265 bushels of turnips, 90,421 bushels of peas, 85,828 bushels of winter wheat, 80,157 acres of land in farms, 72,571 acres of improved land in farms, 61,926 bushels of spring wheat, 60,484 acres of farmland under crops, 32,622 chickens, 26,830 bushels of potatoes, 17,856 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,844 tons of hay, 12,709 acres of barley, 10,685 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,562 acres of wheat, 9,377 acres of hay crops, 9,176 acres of oats, 8,155 swine slaughtered or sold, 7,586 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,837 swine, 3,566 other cattle, 3,509 milk cows, 3,337 sheep, 2,716 horses aged over 3 years, 2,372 bushels of corn, 1,915 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,913 geese, 1,661 cattle killed or sold, 1,516 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,408 turkeys, 1,402 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,272 horses aged 3 years and under, 1,226 ducks, 847 occupants of farms, 675 bushels of rye, 651 farm occupants who own their land, 557 pounds of cheese produced on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 500, 446 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 403 acres of potatoes, 304 acres of turnips, 299 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 230 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 224 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 192 farm occupants who rent their land, 99 bushels of buckwheat, 63 bushels of beans, 62 other fowl, 52 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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: ON107002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5101043
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinguacousy_Township

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). "Chinguacousy, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chinguacousy-on107002-1891/.