Eramosa, Ontario (1891 census)

Eramosa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,116. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.657°N, 80.210°W.

Population

In 1891, Eramosa had a population of 3,116: 1,538 male and 1,578 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, Eramosa shared boundaries with:

• Erin
• Esquesing
• Garafraxa W-O
• Guelph
• Nassagaweya
• Nichol
• Puslinch

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 3,116 total population, 1,578 females, 1,538 males, 967 married persons, 604 families, 484 married males, 483 married females, 122 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 44 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,027 single persons under 18, 1,017 single females under 18, 1,010 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,116 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 598 occupied houses, 597 houses, 419 houses of 1 story, 386 houses built of wood, 332 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 176 houses of 2 stories, 153 houses built of stone, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses of 5 rooms, 57 houses built of brick, 53 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 618,450 bushels of turnips, 195,350 bushels of oats, 147,725 pounds of homemade butter, 56,426 bushels of peas, 52,375 bushels of potatoes, 52,120 bushels of barley, 44,867 acres of land in farms, 37,150 acres of improved land in farms, 30,278 acres of farmland under crops, 23,694 bushels of spring wheat, 18,128 chickens, 17,727 bushels of winter wheat, 17,027 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,161 tons of hay, 7,717 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,863 acres of oats, 6,263 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,865 acres of hay crops, 4,745 swine, 4,385 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,117 sheep, 3,706 other cattle, 2,624 acres of wheat, 2,055 acres of barley, 1,940 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,907 cattle killed or sold, 1,846 geese, 1,800 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,609 milk cows, 1,572 acres of turnips, 1,371 turkeys, 1,345 horses aged over 3 years, 1,053 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 753 bushels of corn, 727 ducks, 611 bushels of rye, 609 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 539 occupants of farms, 528 horses aged 3 years and under, 457 acres of potatoes, 386 farm occupants who own their land, 308 bushels of buckwheat, 186 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 168 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 151 farm occupants who rent their land, 128 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 36 bushels of beans, 33 other fowl, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 oxen, 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 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON128001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261403

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). "Eramosa, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/eramosa-on128001-1891/.