Goulais Bay, Ontario (1891 census)
Goulais Bay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 239. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.736°N, 84.373°W.
Population
In 1891, Goulais Bay had a population of 239: 130 male and 109 female residents.
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Dennis, 1881 (3.6% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Vankoughnet, 1881 (7.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Fenwick, 1901 (12.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Goulais Bay shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 239 total population, 130 males, 109 females, 81 married persons, 53 families, 42 married females, 39 married males, 5 widowed persons, 4.50 average size of families, 3 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 153 single persons under 18, 88 single males under 18, 65 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 239 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 48 occupied houses, 45 houses, 45 houses built of wood, 25 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 1 story, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,579 pounds of homemade butter, 4,954 acres of land in farms, 4,728 bushels of potatoes, 4,122 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,452 bushels of oats, 3,230 bushels of turnips, 832 acres of improved land in farms, 656 acres of farmland under crops, 569 chickens, 372 bushels of peas, 343 tons of hay, 295 acres of hay crops, 168 acres of oats, 160 acres of farmland in pasture, 148 other cattle, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 76 bushels of spring wheat, 75 milk cows, 65 bushels of barley, 54 cattle killed or sold, 43 acres of potatoes, 42 occupants of farms, 36 farm occupants who own their land, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 30 swine, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 24 geese, 21 acres of turnips, 20 bushels of beans, 20 swine slaughtered or sold, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 ducks, 15 other fowl, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 oxen, 11 acres of wheat, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 sheep, 7 bushels of rye, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 employees on farms, 3 turkeys, 2 bushels of corn, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046006— 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). "Goulais Bay, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/goulais-bay-on046006-1891/.