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 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.50 |
| FAM NO | 53 |
| Number of families | 53 |
| Number of females | 109 |
| Number of males | 130 |
| Number of married females | 42 |
| Number of married males | 39 |
| Number of married persons | 81 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 5 |
| POP F | 109 |
| POP M | 130 |
| POP TOT | 239 |
| Total population | 239 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 65 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 88 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 153 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 239 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses | 45 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 45 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 8 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 25 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 48 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 16 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 160 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,122 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 656 |
| Acres of hay crops | 295 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 832 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,954 |
| Acres of oats | 168 |
| Acres of potatoes | 43 |
| Acres of turnips | 21 |
| Acres of wheat | 11 |
| BAR AC | 5 |
| BAR BU | 65 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 65 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,452 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 372 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,728 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 76 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,230 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 30 |
| BWT BU | 1 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 295 |
| HAY TONS | 343 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 54 |
| Number of chickens | 569 |
| Number of ducks | 15 |
| Number of employees on farms | 4 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 36 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 24 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 28 |
| Number of milk cows | 75 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 42 |
| Number of other cattle | 148 |
| Number of other fowl | 15 |
| Number of oxen | 13 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 10 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| Number of swine | 30 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 20 |
| Number of turkeys | 3 |
| OAT AC | 168 |
| OAT BU | 3,452 |
| PEA BU | 372 |
| POT AC | 43 |
| POT BU | 4,728 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 80 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 8,579 |
| RYE BU | 7 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 343 |
| WHT AC | 11 |
| WHT FALL BU | 30 |
| WHT SP BU | 76 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 7 |
| A 51 100 | 14 |
| BEN BU | 20 |
| BUTTER LB | 8,579 |
| CATTLE KS | 54 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 65 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 88 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 153 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 80 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 5 |
| DUCKS | 15 |
| FAMILIES | 53 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.50 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 24 |
| GRA BU | 14 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 569 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 28 |
| HOUSES | 45 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 19 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 25 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 5 |
| HOUSES W | 45 |
| INF 11 A | 5 |
| MD FEM | 42 |
| MD MALE | 39 |
| MD TOT | 81 |
| MILK COWS | 75 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OC E | 4 |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 36 |
| OC TOT | 42 |
| OTHER FOWL | 15 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 148 |
| OTHERS | 239 |
| SHEEP | 10 |
| SHEEP KS | 1 |
| SUP AM | 832 |
| SUP FOR | 4,122 |
| SUP JV | 16 |
| SUP PAT | 160 |
| SUP SC | 656 |
| SUP TOT | 4,954 |
| SWINE | 30 |
| SWINE KS | 20 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 48 |
| TUR AC | 21 |
| TUR BU | 3,230 |
| TURKEY | 3 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 3 |
| WID FEM | 2 |
| WID MALE | 3 |
| WID TOT | 5 |
| WORKING OX | 13 |
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/.