Gananoque, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Gananoque, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,669. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1208051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.337°N, 76.157°W.

Population

In 1891, Gananoque, T-V had a population of 3,669: 1,824 male and 1,845 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, Gananoque, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Lansdowne & Leeds, Front

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,669 total population, 1,845 females, 1,824 males, 1,387 married persons, 753 families, 694 married females, 693 married males, 153 widowed persons, 117 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,129 single persons under 18, 1,095 single males under 18, 1,034 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,340 persons who are not French Canadian, 329 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 742 occupied houses, 741 houses, 579 houses built of wood, 421 houses of 2 stories, 419 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 300 houses of 1 story, 134 houses of 5 rooms, 131 houses built of brick, 76 houses of 4 rooms, 43 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses built of stone, 20 houses of 3 stories, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,112 pounds of homemade butter, 3,393 bushels of potatoes, 3,051 chickens, 1,986 acres of land in farms, 1,974 bushels of oats, 1,732 acres of improved land in farms, 856 acres of farmland in pasture, 819 acres of farmland under crops, 645 bushels of barley, 537 bushels of turnips, 497 tons of hay, 426 bushels of spring wheat, 337 acres of hay crops, 276 horses aged over 3 years, 254 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 222 milk cows, 154 acres of oats, 128 swine slaughtered or sold, 124 bushels of corn, 109 occupants of farms, 92 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 90 swine, 82 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 72 bushels of peas, 72 farm occupants who own their land, 71 other cattle, 68 acres of wheat, 65 bushels of rye, 59 ducks, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 acres of barley, 46 acres of potatoes, 43 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 37 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 sheep, 29 bushels of beans, 22 bushels of buckwheat, 19 cattle killed or sold, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 turkeys, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON086005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON124012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1208051
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gananoque
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gananoque

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). "Gananoque, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gananoque-t-v-on086005-1891/.