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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario

Eganville (part), Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Eganville (part), Village was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.545°N, 77.103°W.

Population

In 1891, Eganville (part), Village had a population of 315: 166 male and 149 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891315
1901539

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Eganville (part), Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.20
FAM NO60
Number of families60
Number of females149
Number of males166
Number of married females52
Number of married males54
Number of married persons106
Number of widowed females8
Number of widowed males1
Number of widowed persons9
POP F149
POP M166
POP TOT315
Total population315
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 1889
Number of single males under 18111
Number of single persons under 18200
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian314
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses56
Number of houses built of stone1
Number of houses built of wood55
Number of houses of 1 story47
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms4
Number of houses of 2 rooms1
Number of houses of 2 stories9
Number of houses of 3 rooms7
Number of houses of 4 rooms5
Number of houses of 5 rooms6
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms33
Number of occupied houses56
Agriculture (40 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of hay crops11
Acres of oats5
Acres of potatoes3
Acres of wheat6
Bushels of beans produced in the past year12
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year2
Bushels of oats produced in the past year110
Bushels of peas produced in the past year30
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year377
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year40
BWT BU2
HAY AC11
HAY TONS11
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year667
Number of chickens11,138
Number of ducks191
Number of geese861
Number of horses aged 3 years and under303
Number of horses aged over 3 years754
Number of milk cows1,725
Number of other cattle2,123
Number of other fowl64
Number of oxen27
Number of sheep4,187
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold1,818
Number of swine1,709
Number of swine slaughtered or sold1,136
Number of turkeys978
OAT AC5
OAT BU110
PEA BU30
POT AC3
POT BU377
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year30,072
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year13,013
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year1
Pounds of homemade butter95,925
Tons of hay produced in the past year11
WHT AC6
WHT SP BU40
Other recorded variables (46 variables)
VariableValue
BEN BU12
BUTTER LB95,925
CATTLE KS667
CHEESE LB30,072
CHILD AND UNMD FEM89
CHILD AND UNMD MALE111
CHILD AND UNMD TOT200
COARSE WOOL LB13,013
COLTS FILLIES303
DUCKS191
FAMILIES60
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.20
FINE WOOL LB1
FRN CA1
GEESE861
HENS AND CHKN11,138
HORSES OVR THREE754
HOUSES56
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM4
HOUSES FIVE RM6
HOUSES FOUR RM5
HOUSES ONE STRY47
HOUSES S1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM33
HOUSES THREE RM7
HOUSES TWO RM1
HOUSES TWO STRY9
HOUSES W55
MD FEM52
MD MALE54
MD TOT106
MILK COWS1,725
NAME CDRenfrew, North-Nord
OTHER FOWL64
OTHER HRN CATTLE2,123
OTHERS314
SHEEP4,187
SHEEP KS1,818
SWINE1,709
SWINE KS1,136
TOT DWLG OCC56
TURKEY978
WID FEM8
WID MALE1
WID TOT9
WORKING OX27

Identifiers

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). "Eganville (part), Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eganville-part-village-on114013-1891/.