Cramahe, Ontario (1891 census)

Cramahe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,995. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3002087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.079°N, 77.875°W.

Population

In 1891, Cramahe had a population of 2,995: 1,501 male and 1,494 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, Cramahe shared boundaries with:

• Brighton
• Colborne, Village
• Haldimand
• Percy

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,995 total population, 1,501 males, 1,494 females, 1,149 married persons, 659 families, 577 married females, 572 married males, 149 widowed persons, 100 widowed females, 49 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,697 single persons under 18, 880 single males under 18, 817 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,991 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 653 occupied houses, 652 houses, 583 houses of 2 stories, 563 houses built of wood, 340 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 109 houses of 4 rooms, 87 houses built of brick, 75 houses of 5 rooms, 71 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 67 houses of 1 story, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 24 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 103,825 pounds of homemade butter, 94,125 bushels of turnips, 65,383 bushels of oats, 50,653 bushels of potatoes, 47,320 acres of land in farms, 44,230 bushels of barley, 38,658 acres of improved land in farms, 34,014 bushels of corn, 32,809 bushels of buckwheat, 32,764 bushels of peas, 29,789 acres of farmland under crops, 25,881 bushels of winter wheat, 22,615 bushels of spring wheat, 20,724 bushels of rye, 18,295 chickens, 8,662 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,599 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,389 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,074 tons of hay, 5,325 acres of hay crops, 3,928 acres of wheat, 3,488 acres of oats, 3,013 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,919 acres of barley, 2,622 swine, 2,088 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,077 milk cows, 1,989 sheep, 1,797 other cattle, 1,480 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,360 horses aged over 3 years, 1,165 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,135 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 801 cattle killed or sold, 730 bushels of beans, 639 occupants of farms, 632 acres of potatoes, 565 geese, 552 horses aged 3 years and under, 463 farm occupants who own their land, 373 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 333 turkeys, 318 ducks, 276 acres of turnips, 196 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 180 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 176 farm occupants who rent their land, 124 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 114 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 other fowl, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON099005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3002087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe

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). "Cramahe, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cramahe-on099005-1891/.