Euphrasia, Ontario (1891 census)

Euphrasia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,567. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261421. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.434°N, 80.583°W.

Population

In 1891, Euphrasia had a population of 3,567: 1,866 male and 1,701 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, Euphrasia shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Collingwood
• Holland
• St. Vincent

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 3,567 total population, 1,866 males, 1,701 females, 1,106 married persons, 650 families, 553 married females, 553 married males, 110 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,351 single persons under 18, 1,267 single males under 18, 1,084 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,566 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 644 occupied houses, 639 houses, 590 houses built of wood, 363 houses of 2 stories, 275 houses of 1 story, 254 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 128 houses of 4 rooms, 98 houses of 5 rooms, 73 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 45 houses built of brick, 41 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 249,207 pounds of homemade butter, 164,226 bushels of oats, 164,078 bushels of turnips, 88,884 bushels of peas, 66,965 bushels of potatoes, 63,931 acres of land in farms, 45,864 bushels of spring wheat, 44,215 acres of improved land in farms, 35,072 bushels of winter wheat, 34,040 acres of farmland under crops, 24,748 bushels of barley, 21,085 chickens, 19,716 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,148 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,403 tons of hay, 9,777 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9,435 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,903 acres of hay crops, 7,788 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6,649 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,255 acres of wheat, 6,137 acres of oats, 4,550 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,218 other cattle, 4,175 sheep, 3,595 swine, 2,275 milk cows, 2,252 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,856 cattle killed or sold, 1,326 horses aged over 3 years, 1,191 acres of barley, 1,029 bushels of corn, 1,003 geese, 740 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 638 occupants of farms, 608 horses aged 3 years and under, 558 ducks, 549 turkeys, 522 farm occupants who own their land, 465 acres of potatoes, 454 acres of turnips, 446 bushels of buckwheat, 309 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 153 bushels of beans, 125 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 116 farm occupants who rent their land, 102 oxen, 100 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 97 other fowl, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 bushels of rye, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261421

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). "Euphrasia, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/euphrasia-on067003-1891/.