Emily, Ontario (1891 census)

Emily was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,603. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5372401. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.357°N, 78.544°W.

Population

In 1891, Emily had a population of 2,603: 1,359 male and 1,244 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, Emily shared boundaries with:

• Cavan
• Ennismore
• Harvey
• Manvers
• Omemee, VL
• Ops
• Smith
• Verulam

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,603 total population, 1,359 males, 1,244 females, 779 married persons, 475 families, 390 married males, 389 married females, 96 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,728 single persons under 18, 940 single males under 18, 788 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,602 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 475 houses, 475 occupied houses, 380 houses built of wood, 338 houses of 1 story, 223 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 136 houses of 2 stories, 84 houses built of brick, 78 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 2 rooms, 59 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 11 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 205,221 bushels of oats, 98,353 pounds of homemade butter, 97,754 bushels of spring wheat, 70,828 bushels of barley, 56,026 bushels of potatoes, 55,851 acres of land in farms, 42,783 acres of improved land in farms, 41,526 bushels of turnips, 34,221 bushels of peas, 33,706 acres of farmland under crops, 21,873 chickens, 14,079 bushels of buckwheat, 13,068 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,901 acres of oats, 8,860 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,513 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,791 acres of wheat, 5,334 bushels of winter wheat, 5,164 tons of hay, 4,466 acres of hay crops, 3,814 acres of barley, 3,094 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,049 geese, 2,949 swine, 2,504 sheep, 2,371 bushels of rye, 2,278 turkeys, 2,249 other cattle, 2,226 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,818 milk cows, 1,495 bushels of corn, 1,345 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,332 horses aged over 3 years, 1,086 cattle killed or sold, 925 ducks, 763 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 594 horses aged 3 years and under, 564 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 499 acres of potatoes, 462 occupants of farms, 364 bushels of beans, 353 farm occupants who own their land, 165 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 153 acres of turnips, 143 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 107 farm occupants who rent their land, 75 pounds of cheese produced on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 70, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 other fowl, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON122002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5372401
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Township

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). "Emily, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/emily-on122002-1891/.