Easthope S, Ontario (1891 census)

Easthope S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,149. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.342°N, 80.871°W.

Population

In 1891, Easthope S had a population of 2,149: 1,108 male and 1,041 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, Easthope S shared boundaries with:

• Downie
• Easthope N
• Stratford, C
• Wilmot
• Zorra E
• Zorra W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,149 total population, 1,108 males, 1,041 females, 688 married persons, 394 families, 344 married females, 344 married males, 81 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,380 single persons under 18, 731 single males under 18, 649 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,147 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 394 houses, 394 occupied houses, 301 houses of 2 stories, 273 houses built of wood, 260 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 102 houses built of brick, 92 houses of 1 story, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses built of stone, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 94,639 bushels of oats, 58,349 bushels of turnips, 42,983 bushels of winter wheat, 42,250 pounds of homemade butter, 23,534 acres of land in farms, 19,363 acres of improved land in farms, 16,212 bushels of barley, 15,650 acres of farmland under crops, 15,503 bushels of peas, 13,386 bushels of potatoes, 13,139 chickens, 6,306 bushels of spring wheat, 5,948 tons of hay, 4,524 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,171 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,035 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,446 acres of hay crops, 3,409 acres of oats, 3,281 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,861 acres of wheat, 1,925 swine, 1,803 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,711 other cattle, 1,594 milk cows, 1,412 sheep, 904 sheep slaughtered or sold, 776 horses aged over 3 years, 766 swine slaughtered or sold, 697 acres of barley, 658 geese, 621 cattle killed or sold, 432 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 426 horses aged 3 years and under, 391 occupants of farms, 335 farm occupants who own their land, 323 ducks, 230 acres of turnips, 201 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 190 acres of potatoes, 173 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 152 turkeys, 120 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 bushels of beans, 32 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 bushels of buckwheat, 16 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON105003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137004_1921 — 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). "Easthope S, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/easthope-s-on105003-1891/.