Fergus, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Fergus, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Fergus, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,598. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5444155. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.708°N, 80.382°W.

Population

In 1891, Fergus, Village had a population of 1,598: 762 male and 836 female residents. Population density was 1593.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	1,117
1871	1,666
1881	1,733
1891	1,598
1901	1,396
1911	1,534
1921	1,796

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, Fergus, Village shared boundaries with:

Nichol

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.80
FAM NO	334
Number of families	334
Number of females	836
Number of males	762
Number of married females	240
Number of married males	239
Number of married persons	479
Number of widowed females	81
Number of widowed males	27
Number of widowed persons	108
POP F	836
POP M	762
POP TOT	1,598
Total population	1,598

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	515
Number of single males under 18	496
Number of single persons under 18	1,011

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,598

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	334
Number of houses built of brick	57
Number of houses built of stone	130
Number of houses built of wood	147
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	237
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	14
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	86
Number of houses of 3 rooms	17
Number of houses of 3 stories	10
Number of houses of 4 rooms	39
Number of houses of 5 rooms	65
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	185
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	6
Number of occupied houses	334
Number of uninhabited houses	26

Agriculture (55 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	15
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	86
Acres of farmland in pasture	147
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	6
Acres of farmland under crops	203
Acres of hay crops	65
Acres of improved land in farms	436
Acres of land in farms	442
Acres of oats	45
Acres of potatoes	53
Acres of turnips	19
Acres of wheat	10
BAR AC	15
BAR BU	180
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	180
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	115
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,400
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	210
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	5,700
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	124
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,715
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	80
CRN BU	115
HAY AC	65
HAY TONS	105
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	7
Number of chickens	1,886
Number of ducks	7
Number of farm occupants who own their land	189
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	86
Number of geese	41
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	16
Number of horses aged over 3 years	160
Number of milk cows	102
Number of occupants of farms	275
Number of other cattle	39
Number of other fowl	18
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	268
Number of sheep	28
Number of swine	158
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	56
Number of turkeys	12
OAT AC	45
OAT BU	1,400
PEA BU	210
POT AC	53
POT BU	5,700
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	90
Pounds of homemade butter	550
Tons of hay produced in the past year	105
WHT AC	10
WHT FALL BU	80
WHT SP BU	124

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	5
A 51 100	2
BUTTER LB	550
CATTLE KS	7
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	515
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	496
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,011
COARSE WOOL LB	90
COLTS FILLIES	16
DUCKS	7
FAMILIES	334
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.80
FRN CA	0
GEESE	41
HENS AND CHKN	1,886
HORSES OVR THREE	160
HOUSES	334
HOUSES B	57
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	14
HOUSES FIVE RM	65
HOUSES FOUR RM	39
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	237
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	130
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	185
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	6
HOUSES THREE RM	17
HOUSES THREE STRY	10
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	86
HOUSES UNINH	26
HOUSES W	147
INF 11 A	268
MD FEM	240
MD MALE	239
MD TOT	479
MILK COWS	102
NAME CD	Wellington, Centre
OC F	86
OC P	189
OC TOT	275
OTHER FOWL	18
OTHER HRN CATTLE	39
OTHERS	1,598
SHEEP	28
SUP AM	436
SUP FOR	6
SUP JV	86
SUP PAT	147
SUP SC	203
SUP TOT	442
SWINE	158
SWINE KS	56
TOT DWLG OCC	334
TUR AC	19
TUR BU	2,715
TURKEY	12
WID FEM	81
WID MALE	27
WID TOT	108

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON126003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q5444155
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus,_Ontario

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). "Fergus, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fergus-village-on126003-1891/.