Egremont, Ontario (1891 census)

Egremont was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,904. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261377. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.073°N, 80.695°W.

Population

In 1891, Egremont had a population of 3,904: 2,032 male and 1,872 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, Egremont shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Glenelg
• Normanby
• Proton

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 3,904 total population, 2,032 males, 1,872 females, 1,215 married persons, 733 families, 609 married males, 606 married females, 126 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,563 single persons under 18, 1,372 single males under 18, 1,191 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,903 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 725 houses, 725 occupied houses, 618 houses built of wood, 497 houses of 1 story, 301 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 228 houses of 2 stories, 156 houses of 4 rooms, 109 houses of 3 rooms, 90 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses built of brick, 38 houses built of stone, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 6 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 321,528 bushels of turnips, 311,762 bushels of oats, 153,767 pounds of homemade butter, 77,650 bushels of peas, 72,664 bushels of potatoes, 69,607 acres of land in farms, 51,698 acres of improved land in farms, 40,474 acres of farmland under crops, 21,381 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 20,613 chickens, 17,909 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,455 bushels of barley, 14,470 bushels of spring wheat, 13,099 tons of hay, 13,053 acres of oats, 10,613 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,296 bushels of winter wheat, 8,797 acres of hay crops, 5,201 other cattle, 4,815 sheep, 4,631 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,267 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,696 swine, 2,772 milk cows, 2,725 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,231 cattle killed or sold, 2,203 acres of wheat, 1,471 horses aged over 3 years, 1,454 bushels of corn, 922 geese, 902 bushels of rye, 862 acres of barley, 858 acres of turnips, 718 horses aged 3 years and under, 693 occupants of farms, 613 farm occupants who own their land, 611 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 533 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 524 ducks, 490 acres of potatoes, 412 turkeys, 309 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 250, 169 bushels of buckwheat, 153 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 128 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 116 bushels of beans, 96 other fowl, 95 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 farm occupants who rent their land, 62 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 45 oxen, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON069004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261377

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). "Egremont, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/egremont-on069004-1891/.