Cockburn Island, Ontario (1891 census)
Cockburn Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 240. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1105259. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.922°N, 83.369°W.
Population
In 1891, Cockburn Island had a population of 240: 132 male and 108 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 240 |
| 1901 | 301 |
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Dawson, Cockburn Island, 1881 (49.5% share).
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 240 total population, 132 males, 108 females, 79 married persons, 47 families, 41 married males, 38 married females, 8 widowed persons, 5.10 average size of families, 4 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 153 single persons under 18, 87 single males under 18, 66 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 239 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 47 occupied houses, 46 houses, 46 houses built of wood, 28 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 1 story, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,284 acres of land in farms, 6,035 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,900 pounds of homemade butter, 2,783 bushels of potatoes, 2,010 bushels of oats, 1,249 acres of improved land in farms, 1,032 acres of farmland under crops, 876 bushels of peas, 524 chickens, 514 bushels of turnips, 385 acres of hay crops, 329 tons of hay, 315 bushels of spring wheat, 310 bushels of rye, 239 bushels of corn, 222 bushels of buckwheat, 190 acres of farmland in pasture, 119 acres of oats, 92 other cattle, 83 swine, 77 swine slaughtered or sold, 70 milk cows, 52 occupants of farms, 46 farm occupants who own their land, 40 cattle killed or sold, 35 acres of wheat, 30 bushels of barley, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 acres of potatoes, 24 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 20 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 19 oxen, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 geese, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 sheep, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 sheep slaughtered or sold, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 other fowl, 4 acres of turnips, 4 turkeys, 2 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046052— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044086— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q1105259
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). "Cockburn Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cockburn-island-on046052-1891/.