Essa, Ontario (1891 census)
Essa was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,592. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261414. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.257°N, 79.812°W.
Population
In 1891, Essa had a population of 3,592: 1,891 male and 1,701 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,507 |
| 1861 | 2,904 |
| 1871 | 4,221 |
| 1881 | 4,666 |
| 1891 | 3,592 |
| 1901 | 3,438 |
| 1911 | 3,084 |
| 1921 | 2,910 |
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, Essa shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,592 total population, 1,891 males, 1,701 females, 1,126 married persons, 693 families, 564 married males, 562 married females, 127 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 44 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,339 single persons under 18, 1,283 single males under 18, 1,056 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,592 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 672 occupied houses, 671 houses, 572 houses built of wood, 475 houses of 2 stories, 363 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 195 houses of 1 story, 112 houses of 4 rooms, 99 houses built of brick, 63 houses of 5 rooms, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 53 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 153,410 pounds of homemade butter, 147,085 bushels of oats, 124,140 bushels of barley, 104,526 bushels of winter wheat, 71,382 bushels of potatoes, 57,778 acres of land in farms, 44,515 acres of improved land in farms, 41,967 bushels of turnips, 38,664 bushels of peas, 38,660 acres of farmland under crops, 25,322 chickens, 16,508 bushels of spring wheat, 14,341 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,263 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,653 acres of wheat, 6,712 acres of oats, 5,397 acres of barley, 5,323 tons of hay, 5,307 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,017 swine, 3,876 acres of hay crops, 3,629 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,428 sheep, 3,261 bushels of rye, 2,867 other cattle, 2,779 geese, 1,916 milk cows, 1,506 horses aged over 3 years, 1,387 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,276 cattle killed or sold, 1,141 turkeys, 1,131 ducks, 1,103 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 660 occupants of farms, 651 acres of potatoes, 595 horses aged 3 years and under, 552 farm occupants who own their land, 548 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 355 bushels of buckwheat, 226 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 191 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 146 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 145 bushels of beans, 137 acres of turnips, 135 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 107 farm occupants who rent their land, 77 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 bushels of corn, 15 other fowl, 8 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON119003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON144002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261414
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). "Essa, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/essa-on119003-1891/.