Culross, Ontario (1891 census)

Culross was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,345. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.013°N, 81.296°W.

Population

In 1891, Culross had a population of 3,345: 1,738 male and 1,607 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, Culross shared boundaries with:

• Carrick
• Greenock
• Howick
• Kinloss
• Teeswater, VL
• Turnberry

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,345 total population, 1,738 males, 1,607 females, 957 married persons, 575 families, 480 married males, 477 married females, 99 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,289 single persons under 18, 1,219 single males under 18, 1,070 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,343 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 573 occupied houses, 571 houses, 527 houses of 1 story, 494 houses built of wood, 278 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 102 houses of 4 rooms, 74 houses of 5 rooms, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 50 houses built of brick, 42 houses of 2 stories, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses built of stone, 20 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 330,195 bushels of turnips, 152,233 bushels of oats, 108,109 pounds of homemade butter, 81,399 bushels of peas, 76,169 bushels of winter wheat, 54,878 bushels of potatoes, 53,228 acres of land in farms, 42,573 acres of improved land in farms, 29,553 acres of farmland under crops, 21,075 chickens, 19,923 bushels of barley, 13,858 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,381 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,276 bushels of spring wheat, 10,656 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,545 tons of hay, 7,218 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 7,116 acres of hay crops, 6,169 acres of oats, 5,849 sheep, 4,720 acres of wheat, 4,422 other cattle, 2,855 swine, 2,713 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,324 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,106 milk cows, 1,984 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,817 cattle killed or sold, 1,268 horses aged over 3 years, 1,135 geese, 942 acres of barley, 847 bushels of rye, 776 ducks, 775 acres of turnips, 639 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 598 horses aged 3 years and under, 558 occupants of farms, 556 turkeys, 519 bushels of corn, 487 farm occupants who own their land, 463 acres of potatoes, 388 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 234 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 158 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 111 bushels of beans, 72 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 70 farm occupants who rent their land, 68 other fowl, 47 bushels of buckwheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 35, 23 oxen, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON051003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104007_1881 — 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). "Culross, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/culross-on051003-1891/.