Creemore, Ontario (1891 census)
Creemore was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.324°N, 80.109°W.
Population
In 1891, Creemore had a population of 721: 364 male and 357 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 Nottawasaga, 1881 (0.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Creemore shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.40 |
| FAM NO | 133 |
| Number of families | 133 |
| Number of females | 357 |
| Number of males | 364 |
| Number of married females | 115 |
| Number of married males | 116 |
| Number of married persons | 231 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| POP F | 357 |
| POP M | 364 |
| POP TOT | 721 |
| Total population | 721 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 231 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 239 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 470 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 6 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 715 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 132 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 25 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 106 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 75 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 55 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 76 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 132 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 40 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 84 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 152 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 401 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 789 |
| Acres of hay crops | 102 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,025 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,426 |
| Acres of oats | 90 |
| Acres of potatoes | 6 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 208 |
| BAR AC | 40 |
| BAR BU | 600 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 600 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,865 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,660 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 760 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 650 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,010 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 3,090 |
| BWT BU | 10 |
| CRN BU | 30 |
| HAY AC | 102 |
| HAY TONS | 125 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 39 |
| Number of chickens | 1,369 |
| Number of ducks | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 99 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 40 |
| Number of geese | 40 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 25 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 97 |
| Number of milk cows | 99 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 139 |
| Number of other cattle | 56 |
| Number of other fowl | 4 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 121 |
| Number of sheep | 95 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 19 |
| Number of swine | 183 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 309 |
| Number of turkeys | 6 |
| OAT AC | 90 |
| OAT BU | 1,865 |
| PEA BU | 1,660 |
| POT AC | 6 |
| POT BU | 760 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 350 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 42 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 12,442 |
| RYE BU | 100 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 125 |
| WHT AC | 208 |
| WHT FALL BU | 3,090 |
| WHT SP BU | 650 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 7 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BUTTER LB | 12,442 |
| CATTLE KS | 39 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 231 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 239 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 470 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 350 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 25 |
| DUCKS | 21 |
| FAMILIES | 133 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.40 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 42 |
| FRN CA | 6 |
| GEESE | 40 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,369 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 97 |
| HOUSES | 132 |
| HOUSES B | 25 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 18 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 15 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 75 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 76 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 12 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 55 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 2 |
| HOUSES W | 106 |
| INF 11 A | 121 |
| MD FEM | 115 |
| MD MALE | 116 |
| MD TOT | 231 |
| MILK COWS | 99 |
| NAME CD | Simcoe, North-Nord |
| OC F | 40 |
| OC P | 99 |
| OC TOT | 139 |
| OTHER FOWL | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 56 |
| OTHERS | 715 |
| SHEEP | 95 |
| SHEEP KS | 19 |
| SUP AM | 1,025 |
| SUP FOR | 401 |
| SUP JV | 84 |
| SUP PAT | 152 |
| SUP SC | 789 |
| SUP TOT | 1,426 |
| SWINE | 183 |
| SWINE KS | 309 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 132 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 1,010 |
| TURKEY | 6 |
| WID FEM | 11 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 20 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON118003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON118003— 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). "Creemore, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/creemore-on118003-1891/.