Euphemia, Ontario (1891 census)

Euphemia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,523. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.704°N, 81.921°W.

Population

In 1891, Euphemia had a population of 2,523: 1,304 male and 1,219 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, Euphemia shared boundaries with:

• Brooke
• Dawn
• Mosa
• Zone

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,523 total population, 1,304 males, 1,219 females, 879 married persons, 533 families, 440 married females, 439 married males, 96 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,548 single persons under 18, 828 single males under 18, 720 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,520 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 527 houses, 527 occupied houses, 436 houses built of wood, 319 houses of 2 stories, 270 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 208 houses of 1 story, 91 houses built of brick, 73 houses of 4 rooms, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 50 houses of 3 rooms, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 123,490 pounds of homemade butter, 90,338 bushels of oats, 66,838 bushels of corn, 58,587 bushels of winter wheat, 38,205 acres of land in farms, 28,889 acres of improved land in farms, 23,818 bushels of turnips, 22,149 bushels of potatoes, 21,454 acres of farmland under crops, 18,407 bushels of peas, 15,345 chickens, 9,316 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,271 tons of hay, 7,217 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,931 bushels of barley, 6,672 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,919 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,215 acres of hay crops, 4,200 swine, 3,701 acres of oats, 3,599 sheep, 3,581 other cattle, 3,478 acres of wheat, 3,183 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,375 bushels of beans, 1,720 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,713 cattle killed or sold, 1,467 milk cows, 1,103 geese, 990 turkeys, 970 horses aged over 3 years, 763 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 539 horses aged 3 years and under, 517 bushels of spring wheat, 472 occupants of farms, 411 farm occupants who own their land, 409 acres of barley, 345 ducks, 293 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 260 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 238 acres of potatoes, 231 bushels of rye, 200 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 142 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 117 other fowl, 67 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 66 acres of turnips, 61 farm occupants who rent their land, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON093003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122005_1891 — 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). "Euphemia, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphemia-on093003-1891/.