Embro, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Embro, VL 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, VL had a population of 627: 303 male and 324 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, Embro, VL shared boundaries with:

• Zorra W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 627 total population, 324 females, 303 males, 205 married persons, 143 families, 105 married males, 100 married females, 42 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 380 single persons under 18, 190 single females under 18, 190 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 627 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 142 houses, 142 occupied houses, 97 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 88 houses of 1 story, 85 houses built of wood, 53 houses built of brick, 53 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,890 pounds of homemade butter, 8,200 bushels of oats, 4,745 bushels of turnips, 3,306 bushels of potatoes, 1,830 bushels of winter wheat, 1,457 chickens, 1,400 acres of land in farms, 1,283 acres of improved land in farms, 927 acres of farmland under crops, 475 bushels of peas, 445 tons of hay, 420 bushels of spring wheat, 373 acres of oats, 336 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 263 acres of farmland in pasture, 244 acres of hay crops, 240 bushels of barley, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 143 occupants of farms, 136 milk cows, 127 other cattle, 126 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 114 farm occupants who own their land, 113 horses aged over 3 years, 112 acres of wheat, 93 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 84 cattle killed or sold, 73 swine slaughtered or sold, 66 sheep, 65 swine, 56 bushels of corn, 40 turkeys, 38 horses aged 3 years and under, 36 acres of potatoes, 30 sheep slaughtered or sold, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 acres of barley, 14 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 ducks, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/embro-vl-on105004-1891/.