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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario

Gore Bay, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Gore Bay, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 472. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.917°N, 82.475°W.

Population

In 1891, Gore Bay, Town—Ville had a population of 472: 248 male and 224 female residents. Population density was 470.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891472
1901723
1911703
1921635

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Gore Bay, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families4.60
FAM NO101
Number of families101
Number of females224
Number of males248
Number of married females81
Number of married males81
Number of married persons162
Number of widowed females7
Number of widowed males7
Number of widowed persons14
POP F224
POP M248
POP TOT472
Total population472
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18136
Number of single males under 18160
Number of single persons under 18296
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of persons who are not French Canadian472
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses99
Number of houses built of wood99
Number of houses of 1 story11
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms6
Number of houses of 2 rooms6
Number of houses of 2 stories72
Number of houses of 3 rooms6
Number of houses of 3 stories11
Number of houses of 4 rooms45
Number of houses of 5 rooms6
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms27
Number of houses of more than 3 stories5
Number of houses of over 15 rooms3
Number of houses under construction1
Number of occupied houses99
Agriculture (54 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards63
Acres of farmland in pasture330
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest1,900
Acres of farmland under crops512
Acres of hay crops277
Acres of improved land in farms905
Acres of land in farms2,805
Acres of oats40
Acres of potatoes34
Acres of turnips2
Acres of wheat116
BAR AC16
BAR BU330
Bushels of barley produced in the past year330
Bushels of oats produced in the past year726
Bushels of peas produced in the past year1,110
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year5,780
Bushels of rye produced in the past year150
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year1,655
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year400
HAY AC277
HAY TONS443
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year576
Number of chickens733
Number of ducks21
Number of farm occupants who own their land85
Number of geese41
Number of horses aged 3 years and under15
Number of horses aged over 3 years58
Number of milk cows84
Number of occupants of farms85
Number of other cattle68
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres9
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres69
Number of sheep96
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold356
Number of swine136
Number of swine slaughtered or sold270
Number of turkeys3
OAT AC40
OAT BU726
PEA BU1,110
POT AC34
POT BU5,780
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year684
Pounds of homemade butter4,600
RYE BU150
Tons of hay produced in the past year443
WHT AC116
WHT SP BU1,655
Other recorded variables (59 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 2002
A 11 502
A 201 PL3
A 51 1009
BUTTER LB4,600
CATTLE KS576
CHILD AND UNMD FEM136
CHILD AND UNMD MALE160
CHILD AND UNMD TOT296
COARSE WOOL LB684
COLTS FILLIES15
DUCKS21
FAMILIES101
FAMILIES AV SIZE4.60
FRN CA0
GEESE41
HENS AND CHKN733
HORSES OVR THREE58
HOUSES99
HOUSES CON1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM6
HOUSES FIVE RM6
HOUSES FOUR RM45
HOUSES ONE STRY11
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY5
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM27
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM3
HOUSES THREE RM6
HOUSES THREE STRY11
HOUSES TWO RM6
HOUSES TWO STRY72
HOUSES W99
INF 11 A69
MD FEM81
MD MALE81
MD TOT162
MILK COWS84
NAME CDAlgoma (Eastern Division-Est.)
OC P85
OC TOT85
OTHER HRN CATTLE68
OTHERS472
SHEEP96
SHEEP KS356
SUP AM905
SUP FOR1,900
SUP JV63
SUP PAT330
SUP SC512
SUP TOT2,805
SWINE136
SWINE KS270
TOT DWLG OCC99
TUR AC2
TUR BU400
TURKEY3
WID FEM7
WID MALE7
WID TOT14

Identifiers

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). "Gore Bay, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gore-bay-town-ville-on046056-1891/.