Gainsborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Gainsborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,683. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.044°N, 79.487°W.

Population

In 1891, Gainsborough had a population of 2,683: 1,375 male and 1,308 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, Gainsborough shared boundaries with:

• Caistor
• Clinton
• Grimsby S
• Pelham
• Wainfleet

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 2,683 total population, 1,375 males, 1,308 females, 1,085 married persons, 594 families, 544 married males, 541 married females, 117 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,481 single persons under 18, 791 single males under 18, 690 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,678 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 584 houses, 584 occupied houses, 544 houses built of wood, 363 houses of 1 story, 293 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 219 houses of 2 stories, 77 houses of 5 rooms, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 43 houses of 3 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 38 houses built of brick, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 138,685 pounds of homemade butter, 60,354 bushels of winter wheat, 55,774 bushels of oats, 39,091 acres of land in farms, 34,102 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 31,885 acres of improved land in farms, 24,892 acres of farmland under crops, 15,973 bushels of peas, 12,520 chickens, 12,095 tons of hay, 9,573 acres of hay crops, 7,206 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,975 bushels of potatoes, 5,866 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,617 acres of wheat, 4,151 bushels of barley, 4,106 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,709 acres of oats, 3,241 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,204 bushels of corn, 2,954 bushels of spring wheat, 2,737 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,683 bushels of turnips, 2,121 sheep, 1,905 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,732 bushels of buckwheat, 1,732 swine, 1,717 milk cows, 1,510 other cattle, 1,334 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,273 horses aged over 3 years, 1,127 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 748 cattle killed or sold, 579 occupants of farms, 552 turkeys, 529 ducks, 496 geese, 473 farm occupants who own their land, 451 horses aged 3 years and under, 388 acres of barley, 203 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 154 bushels of rye, 153 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 152 acres of potatoes, 114 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 105 farm occupants who rent their land, 99 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 84 other fowl, 59 bushels of beans, 35 oxen, 14 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON094005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126003_1901 — 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). "Gainsborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gainsborough-on094005-1891/.