Garden Island, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Garden Island, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 412. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.201°N, 76.465°W.
Population
In 1891, Garden Island, Village had a population of 412: 209 male and 203 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 762 |
| 1881 | 495 |
| 1891 | 412 |
| 1901 | 242 |
| 1911 | 150 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 412 total population, 209 males, 203 females, 136 married persons, 76 families, 68 married females, 68 married males, 14 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 5.40 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 262 single persons under 18, 137 single males under 18, 125 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 265 persons who are not French Canadian, 147 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 76 houses, 76 houses built of wood, 76 occupied houses, 70 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 story, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 300 bushels of oats, 240 pounds of homemade butter, 150 bushels of potatoes, 75 acres of improved land in farms, 75 acres of land in farms, 56 acres of farmland in pasture, 25 tons of hay, 24 chickens, 19 acres of farmland under crops, 15 horses aged over 3 years, 12 acres of hay crops, 11 milk cows, 6 acres of oats, 3 cattle killed or sold, 3 ducks, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 occupants of farms, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 swine slaughtered or sold, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 swine. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON064001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON069018— 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). "Garden Island, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/garden-island-village-on064001-1891/.