Deseronto, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Deseronto, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,338. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q603823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.202°N, 77.056°W.

Population

In 1891, Deseronto, T-V had a population of 3,338: 1,697 male and 1,641 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).

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 Tyendinaga, 1881 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Deseronto, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Tyendinaga

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 3,338 total population, 1,697 males, 1,641 females, 1,253 married persons, 684 families, 628 married females, 625 married males, 134 widowed persons, 95 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,951 single persons under 18, 1,033 single males under 18, 918 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,232 persons who are not French Canadian, 106 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 637 houses, 637 occupied houses, 573 houses built of wood, 561 houses of 2 stories, 311 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 114 houses of 4 rooms, 87 houses of 5 rooms, 72 houses of 1 story, 60 houses built of brick, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,605 bushels of oats, 4,143 bushels of potatoes, 2,840 pounds of homemade butter, 2,482 acres of land in farms, 2,240 bushels of barley, 2,112 acres of improved land in farms, 1,625 acres of farmland under crops, 1,547 chickens, 1,192 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,050 bushels of winter wheat, 1,024 bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of turnips, 920 tons of hay, 735 bushels of peas, 680 bushels of rye, 581 bushels of buckwheat, 577 cattle killed or sold, 507 acres of hay crops, 500 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 405 acres of farmland in pasture, 370 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 264 swine slaughtered or sold, 245 horses aged over 3 years, 236 acres of oats, 231 swine, 230 bushels of spring wheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 200, 180 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 162 other cattle, 157 milk cows, 135 sheep, 130 acres of barley, 86 acres of wheat, 82 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 bushels of beans, 58 turkeys, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 acres of potatoes, 27 ducks, 26 oxen, 24 geese, 15 occupants of farms, 13 farm occupants who own their land, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON073001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q603823
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseronto
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseronto

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). "Deseronto, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/deseronto-t-v-on073001-1891/.