Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Duck Islands, Ontario (1891 census)
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. Population density was 12.9 people per square mile.
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
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.90 |
| FAM NO | 17 |
| Number of families | 17 |
| Number of females | 11 |
| Number of males | 72 |
| Number of married females | 3 |
| Number of married males | 27 |
| Number of married persons | 30 |
| Number of widowed males | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 1 |
| POP F | 11 |
| POP M | 72 |
| POP TOT | 83 |
| Total population | 83 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 8 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 44 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 52 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 44 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 39 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 17 |
| Number of occupied houses | 17 |
Agriculture (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of chickens | 16 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 2 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 8 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 44 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 52 |
| FAMILIES | 17 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.90 |
| FRN CA | 44 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 16 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 2 |
| MD FEM | 3 |
| MD MALE | 27 |
| MD TOT | 30 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OTHERS | 39 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 17 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 17 |
| WID FEM | 0 |
| WID MALE | 1 |
| WID TOT | 1 |
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/.