Duck Islands, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Duck Islands (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Duck Islands was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 83. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.659°N, 82.954°W.

Population

In 1891, Duck Islands had a population of 83: 72 male and 11 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 NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 83 total population, 72 males, 30 married persons, 27 married males, 17 families, 11 females, 4.90 average size of families, 3 married females, 1 widowed males, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 52 single persons under 18, 44 single males under 18, 8 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 44 French Canadians, 39 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 17 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 17 occupied houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16 chickens, 2 horses aged over 3 years. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON046054 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046054 — 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). "Duck Islands, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/duck-islands-on046054-1891/.