Grande Pointe, Ontario (1891 census)
Grande Pointe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 137. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.377°N, 83.895°W.
Population
In 1891, Grande Pointe had a population of 137: 75 male and 62 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 was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Grande Pointe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 137 total population, 75 males, 62 females, 38 married persons, 28 families, 19 married females, 19 married males, 6 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 93 single persons under 18, 55 single males under 18, 38 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 137 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 27 houses, 27 houses built of wood, 27 occupied houses, 14 houses of 1 story, 13 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses of 4 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,106 acres of land in farms, 4,625 pounds of homemade butter, 4,461 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,590 bushels of potatoes, 645 acres of improved land in farms, 557 bushels of oats, 444 acres of farmland under crops, 312 tons of hay, 310 acres of hay crops, 288 bushels of peas, 280 bushels of turnips, 245 chickens, 177 acres of farmland in pasture, 117 bushels of barley, 115 bushels of rye, 112 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 81 other cattle, 56 milk cows, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 43 acres of oats, 40 swine, 35 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 34 ducks, 34 sheep, 33 bushels of spring wheat, 30 swine slaughtered or sold, 28 occupants of farms, 27 farm occupants who own their land, 25 turkeys, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 cattle killed or sold, 22 oxen, 17 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 acres of potatoes, 12 horses aged over 3 years, 10 sheep slaughtered or sold, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of barley, 5 acres of wheat, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046007— 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). "Grande Pointe, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/grande-pointe-on046007-1891/.