Fergus, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Fergus, VL 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, VL had a population of 1,598: 762 male and 836 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, Fergus, VL shared boundaries with:

• Nichol

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,598 total population, 836 females, 762 males, 479 married persons, 334 families, 240 married females, 239 married males, 108 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,011 single persons under 18, 515 single females under 18, 496 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,598 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 334 houses, 334 occupied houses, 237 houses of 1 story, 185 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 147 houses built of wood, 130 houses built of stone, 86 houses of 2 stories, 65 houses of 5 rooms, 57 houses built of brick, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,700 bushels of potatoes, 2,715 bushels of turnips, 1,886 chickens, 1,400 bushels of oats, 550 pounds of homemade butter, 442 acres of land in farms, 436 acres of improved land in farms, 275 occupants of farms, 268 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 210 bushels of peas, 203 acres of farmland under crops, 189 farm occupants who own their land, 180 bushels of barley, 160 horses aged over 3 years, 158 swine, 147 acres of farmland in pasture, 124 bushels of spring wheat, 115 bushels of corn, 105 tons of hay, 102 milk cows, 90 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 86 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 86 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 bushels of winter wheat, 65 acres of hay crops, 56 swine slaughtered or sold, 53 acres of potatoes, 45 acres of oats, 41 geese, 39 other cattle, 28 sheep, 19 acres of turnips, 18 other fowl, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 acres of barley, 12 turkeys, 10 acres of wheat, 7 cattle killed or sold, 7 ducks, 6 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (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: 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, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fergus-vl-on126003-1891/.