Finlayson & Peck, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Finlayson & Peck (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Finlayson & Peck was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 204. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.496°N, 78.811°W.

Population

In 1891, Finlayson & Peck had a population of 204: 155 male and 49 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Finlayson & Peck shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 204 total population, 155 males, 49 females, 39 married persons, 23 families, 20 married females, 19 married males, 8.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 165 single persons under 18, 136 single males under 18, 29 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 138 persons who are not French Canadian, 66 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 22 houses, 22 houses built of wood, 22 occupied houses, 21 houses of 1 story, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 6 to 10 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,058 acres of land in farms, 2,705 pounds of homemade butter, 2,389 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,368 bushels of turnips, 1,640 bushels of potatoes, 1,315 bushels of oats, 669 acres of improved land in farms, 418 acres of farmland in pasture, 245 acres of farmland under crops, 219 chickens, 195 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 173 bushels of peas, 126 acres of hay crops, 100 tons of hay, 63 bushels of buckwheat, 61 acres of oats, 53 other cattle, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 41 milk cows, 39 sheep, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 21 occupants of farms, 19 geese, 18 cattle killed or sold, 18 farm occupants who own their land, 17 ducks, 16 bushels of corn, 15 acres of potatoes, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 14 swine, 11 turkeys, 8 acres of turnips, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 swine slaughtered or sold, 5 bushels of rye, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of wheat, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON096011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096011 — 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). "Finlayson & Peck, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/finlayson-peck-on096011-1891/.