Embro, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Embro, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Embro, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 627. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.157°N, 80.912°W.

Population

In 1891, Embro, Village had a population of 627: 303 male and 324 female residents. Population density was 625.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	551
1871	484
1881	616
1891	627
1901	595
1911	477
1921	460

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, Embro, Village shared boundaries with:

Zorra W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.40
FAM NO	143
Number of families	143
Number of females	324
Number of males	303
Number of married females	100
Number of married males	105
Number of married persons	205
Number of widowed females	34
Number of widowed males	8
Number of widowed persons	42
POP F	324
POP M	303
POP TOT	627
Total population	627

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	190
Number of single males under 18	190
Number of single persons under 18	380

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	627

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	142
Number of houses built of brick	53
Number of houses built of stone	4
Number of houses built of wood	85
Number of houses of 1 story	88
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	6
Number of houses of 2 stories	53
Number of houses of 3 rooms	6
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	11
Number of houses of 5 rooms	21
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	97
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	1
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	142
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	93
Acres of farmland in pasture	263
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	117
Acres of farmland under crops	927
Acres of hay crops	244
Acres of improved land in farms	1,283
Acres of land in farms	1,400
Acres of oats	373
Acres of potatoes	36
Acres of turnips	14
Acres of wheat	112
BAR AC	16
BAR BU	240
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	240
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	6
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	56
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	8,200
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	475
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,306
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	420
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	4,745
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	1,830
CRN BU	56
HAY AC	244
HAY TONS	445
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	84
Number of chickens	1,457
Number of ducks	7
Number of farm occupants who own their land	114
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	29
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	38
Number of horses aged over 3 years	113
Number of milk cows	136
Number of occupants of farms	143
Number of other cattle	127
Number of other fowl	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	126
Number of sheep	66
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	30
Number of swine	65
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	73
Number of turkeys	40
OAT AC	373
OAT BU	8,200
PEA BU	475
POT AC	36
POT BU	3,306
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	200
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	336
Pounds of homemade butter	12,890
Tons of hay produced in the past year	445
WHT AC	112
WHT FALL BU	1,830
WHT SP BU	420

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	4
A 11 50	8
A 51 100	5
BEN BU	6
BUTTER LB	12,890
CATTLE KS	84
CHEESE LB	200
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	190
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	190
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	380
COARSE WOOL LB	336
COLTS FILLIES	38
DUCKS	7
FAMILIES	143
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.40
FRN CA	0
HENS AND CHKN	1,457
HORSES OVR THREE	113
HOUSES	142
HOUSES B	53
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	6
HOUSES FIVE RM	21
HOUSES FOUR RM	11
HOUSES ONE STRY	88
HOUSES S	4
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	97
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	1
HOUSES THREE RM	6
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO STRY	53
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	85
INF 11 A	126
MD FEM	100
MD MALE	105
MD TOT	205
MILK COWS	136
NAME CD	Oxford, North—Nord
OC F	29
OC P	114
OC TOT	143
OTHER FOWL	3
OTHER HRN CATTLE	127
OTHERS	627
SHEEP	66
SHEEP KS	30
SUP AM	1,283
SUP FOR	117
SUP JV	93
SUP PAT	263
SUP SC	927
SUP TOT	1,400
SWINE	65
SWINE KS	73
TOT DWLG OCC	142
TUR AC	14
TUR BU	4,745
TURKEY	40
WID FEM	34
WID MALE	8
WID TOT	42

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON105004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134015 — 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). "Embro, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/embro-village-on105004-1891/.