Georgina & Georgina Island, Ontario (1891 census)
Georgina & Georgina Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.343°N, 79.289°W.
Population
In 1891, Georgina & Georgina Island had a population of 1,990: 1,032 male and 958 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,990 |
| 1901 | 1,808 |
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, Georgina & Georgina Island shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,990 total population, 1,032 males, 958 females, 643 married persons, 370 families, 322 married males, 321 married females, 72 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,275 single persons under 18, 678 single males under 18, 597 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,897 persons who are not French Canadian, 93 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 367 occupied houses, 365 houses, 340 houses built of wood, 309 houses of 1 story, 127 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses of 2 stories, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 47 houses of 5 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 119,012 bushels of turnips, 71,845 pounds of homemade butter, 71,447 bushels of oats, 29,959 acres of land in farms, 28,306 bushels of spring wheat, 21,250 bushels of potatoes, 19,881 acres of improved land in farms, 18,130 bushels of peas, 15,237 acres of farmland under crops, 10,078 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,136 bushels of winter wheat, 7,650 chickens, 7,535 bushels of barley, 5,598 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,362 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,895 acres of wheat, 3,356 acres of oats, 3,113 tons of hay, 2,595 acres of hay crops, 1,552 bushels of rye, 1,503 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,353 other cattle, 1,209 bushels of corn, 1,102 sheep, 1,068 swine, 950 bushels of buckwheat, 901 sheep slaughtered or sold, 677 milk cows, 579 horses aged over 3 years, 521 cattle killed or sold, 468 acres of barley, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 390 geese, 382 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 343 occupants of farms, 311 horses aged 3 years and under, 304 acres of turnips, 282 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 262 turkeys, 260 farm occupants who own their land, 240 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 206 acres of potatoes, 128 ducks, 108 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 bushels of beans, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 39 other fowl, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 employees on farms, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON132003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON130003— 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). "Georgina & Georgina Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/georgina-georgina-island-on132003-1891/.