Echo River, Ontario (1891 census)

Echo River was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 499. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.619°N, 83.804°W.

Population

In 1891, Echo River had a population of 499: 272 male and 227 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 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Echo River shared boundaries with:

• Garden River
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 499 total population, 272 males, 227 females, 160 married persons, 97 families, 80 married females, 80 married males, 8 widowed persons, 5.10 average size of families, 5 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 331 single persons under 18, 187 single males under 18, 144 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 488 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 97 occupied houses, 85 houses, 85 houses built of wood, 43 houses of 1 story, 42 houses of 2 stories, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 12 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,525 pounds of homemade butter, 16,272 acres of land in farms, 13,709 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,811 bushels of potatoes, 6,316 bushels of oats, 3,584 bushels of turnips, 2,563 acres of improved land in farms, 2,345 bushels of peas, 1,986 acres of farmland under crops, 1,327 chickens, 1,123 acres of hay crops, 1,117 tons of hay, 1,077 bushels of spring wheat, 757 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 546 acres of farmland in pasture, 529 bushels of barley, 371 acres of oats, 325 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 286 other cattle, 275 sheep, 200 swine slaughtered or sold, 198 bushels of winter wheat, 182 milk cows, 135 acres of wheat, 130 sheep slaughtered or sold, 127 cattle killed or sold, 111 occupants of farms, 108 swine, 107 farm occupants who own their land, 74 horses aged over 3 years, 60 bushels of rye, 55 acres of potatoes, 55 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 54 oxen, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 geese, 39 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 acres of barley, 24 acres of turnips, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 turkeys, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 ducks, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046004 — 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). "Echo River, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/echo-river-on046004-1891/.