Ennismore, Ontario (1891 census)

Ennismore was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 932. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.418°N, 78.434°W.

Population

In 1891, Ennismore had a population of 932: 478 male and 454 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, Ennismore shared boundaries with:

• Emily
• Harvey
• Smith

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 932 total population, 478 males, 454 females, 266 married persons, 174 families, 133 married females, 133 married males, 45 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 621 single persons under 18, 335 single males under 18, 286 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 931 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 172 houses, 172 occupied houses, 165 houses of 1 story, 159 houses built of wood, 78 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 11 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,450 bushels of oats, 38,939 bushels of spring wheat, 33,230 pounds of homemade butter, 17,365 bushels of turnips, 17,210 acres of land in farms, 16,865 bushels of potatoes, 16,545 bushels of peas, 13,088 bushels of barley, 12,862 acres of improved land in farms, 10,643 acres of farmland under crops, 4,669 bushels of winter wheat, 4,348 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,335 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,082 chickens, 3,624 acres of wheat, 2,059 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,042 acres of oats, 1,222 tons of hay, 1,102 bushels of buckwheat, 1,083 acres of hay crops, 963 sheep, 948 swine, 895 swine slaughtered or sold, 790 other cattle, 721 acres of barley, 616 milk cows, 483 sheep slaughtered or sold, 443 horses aged over 3 years, 382 geese, 304 cattle killed or sold, 231 bushels of corn, 188 horses aged 3 years and under, 174 occupants of farms, 162 acres of potatoes, 160 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 113 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 101 turkeys, 82 ducks, 67 acres of turnips, 66 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 59 bushels of beans, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 other fowl, 8 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON111001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261402

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). "Ennismore, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ennismore-on111001-1891/.