Elzevir & Grimsthorpe, Ontario (1891 census)
Elzevir & Grimsthorpe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,506. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.708°N, 77.387°W.
Population
In 1891, Elzevir & Grimsthorpe had a population of 1,506: 780 male and 726 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,393 |
| 1881 | 1,514 |
| 1891 | 1,506 |
| 1901 | 1,501 |
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, Elzevir & Grimsthorpe 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 1,506 total population, 780 males, 726 females, 482 married persons, 277 families, 241 married females, 241 married males, 59 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 965 single persons under 18, 522 single males under 18, 443 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,284 persons who are not French Canadian, 222 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 263 occupied houses, 226 houses, 218 houses built of wood, 140 houses of 1 story, 86 houses of 2 stories, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 37 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 7 houses built of brick, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,776 pounds of homemade butter, 23,342 acres of land in farms, 19,137 bushels of potatoes, 17,476 bushels of oats, 13,449 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,893 acres of improved land in farms, 6,765 acres of farmland under crops, 4,023 bushels of rye, 4,004 bushels of peas, 3,671 chickens, 3,564 bushels of corn, 3,024 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,888 bushels of buckwheat, 2,274 bushels of turnips, 2,265 tons of hay, 2,247 bushels of spring wheat, 2,213 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,920 acres of hay crops, 1,371 bushels of barley, 1,335 acres of oats, 1,201 milk cows, 775 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 757 other cattle, 676 sheep, 647 swine, 577 bushels of winter wheat, 521 swine slaughtered or sold, 476 sheep slaughtered or sold, 345 horses aged over 3 years, 264 cattle killed or sold, 258 acres of wheat, 240 occupants of farms, 228 geese, 204 acres of potatoes, 190 farm occupants who own their land, 156 bushels of beans, 137 horses aged 3 years and under, 109 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 104 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 99 acres of barley, 61 ducks, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 44 turkeys, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 other fowl, 32 oxen, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 acres of turnips, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flora Macdonald Merrill | 1867–1921 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON074004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON071004— 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). "Elzevir & Grimsthorpe, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/elzevir-grimsthorpe-on074004-1891/.