Edwardsburg, Ontario (1891 census)
Edwardsburg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,517. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.839°N, 75.503°W.
Population
In 1891, Edwardsburg had a population of 4,517: 2,322 male and 2,195 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,779 |
| 1861 | 5,545 |
| 1871 | 5,417 |
| 1881 | 5,431 |
| 1891 | 4,517 |
| 1901 | 4,268 |
| 1911 | 3,360 |
| 1921 | 3,238 |
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, Edwardsburg shared boundaries with:
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 4,517 total population, 2,322 males, 2,195 females, 1,521 married persons, 902 families, 762 married females, 759 married males, 235 widowed persons, 156 widowed females, 79 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,761 single persons under 18, 1,484 single males under 18, 1,277 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,482 persons who are not French Canadian, 35 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 893 houses, 893 occupied houses, 853 houses of 1 story, 645 houses built of wood, 462 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 156 houses built of stone, 119 houses of 3 rooms, 106 houses of 4 rooms, 92 houses built of brick, 87 houses of 5 rooms, 74 houses of 2 rooms, 40 houses of 2 stories, 26 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 1 room, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 137,905 pounds of homemade butter, 117,489 bushels of potatoes, 117,329 bushels of oats, 65,603 acres of land in farms, 50,580 acres of improved land in farms, 31,383 acres of farmland under crops, 23,893 chickens, 19,241 bushels of turnips, 18,615 acres of farmland in pasture, 16,121 tons of hay, 15,023 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,286 acres of hay crops, 11,666 bushels of corn, 8,970 acres of oats, 8,010 bushels of buckwheat, 7,296 bushels of barley, 6,656 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,522 milk cows, 3,547 bushels of spring wheat, 2,292 swine, 2,285 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,959 other cattle, 1,942 bushels of peas, 1,910 bushels of rye, 1,791 sheep, 1,732 horses aged over 3 years, 1,717 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,249 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,085 acres of potatoes, 890 turkeys, 837 occupants of farms, 815 geese, 776 cattle killed or sold, Capacity of silos (tons): 750, 741 farm occupants who own their land, 582 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 575 horses aged 3 years and under, 567 ducks, 516 acres of wheat, 502 acres of barley, 312 bushels of beans, 290 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 181 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 170 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 162 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 95 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 other fowl, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 51 acres of turnips, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 1 employees on farms. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Kennedy | 1838–1921 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON066003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON113002— 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). "Edwardsburg, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/edwardsburg-on066003-1891/.