Flos, Ontario (1891 census)

Flos was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,782. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.538°N, 79.878°W.

Population

In 1891, Flos had a population of 3,782: 2,016 male and 1,766 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, Flos shared boundaries with:

• Medonte
• Sunnidale
• Tiny
• Vespra

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,782 total population, 2,016 males, 1,766 females, 1,145 married persons, 678 families, 573 married males, 572 married females, 104 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,533 single persons under 18, 1,395 single males under 18, 1,138 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,781 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 674 houses, 674 occupied houses, 641 houses built of wood, 468 houses of 2 stories, 283 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 206 houses of 1 story, 122 houses of 3 rooms, 100 houses of 4 rooms, 90 houses of 5 rooms, 42 houses of 2 rooms, 42 uninhabited houses, 32 houses built of brick, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 1 room, 7 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 131,828 pounds of homemade butter, 121,680 bushels of oats, 85,646 bushels of turnips, 62,098 bushels of peas, 51,234 bushels of potatoes, 50,581 bushels of winter wheat, 47,887 acres of land in farms, 33,833 bushels of spring wheat, 31,500 acres of improved land in farms, 25,712 acres of farmland under crops, 20,509 bushels of barley, 16,782 chickens, 16,387 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,407 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,745 tons of hay, 6,208 acres of wheat, 5,708 acres of hay crops, 5,363 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,654 acres of oats, 3,658 sheep, 3,395 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,336 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,280 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,867 other cattle, 2,663 swine, 2,460 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,829 milk cows, 1,648 cattle killed or sold, 1,558 bushels of corn, 1,322 horses aged over 3 years, 978 acres of barley, 733 geese, 685 bushels of rye, 576 occupants of farms, 546 horses aged 3 years and under, 475 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 435 farm occupants who own their land, 425 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 422 acres of potatoes, 282 ducks, 251 turkeys, 234 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 216 acres of turnips, 134 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 129 farm occupants who rent their land, 113 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 86 bushels of beans, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 bushels of buckwheat, 46 other fowl, 31 oxen, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON118004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261483

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). "Flos, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/flos-on118004-1891/.