Gravenhurst, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Gravenhurst, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Gravenhurst, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.922°N, 79.380°W.

Population

In 1891, Gravenhurst, Town—Ville had a population of 1,848: 969 male and 879 female residents. Population density was 1842.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	1,848
1901	2,146
1911	1,624
1921	1,478

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, Gravenhurst, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Muskoka

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.30
FAM NO	348
Number of families	348
Number of females	879
Number of males	969
Number of married females	313
Number of married males	313
Number of married persons	626
Number of widowed females	38
Number of widowed males	19
Number of widowed persons	57
POP F	879
POP M	969
POP TOT	1,848
Total population	1,848

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	528
Number of single males under 18	637
Number of single persons under 18	1,165

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	11
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,837

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	346
Number of houses built of brick	23
Number of houses built of wood	323
Number of houses of 1 story	243
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 stories	100
Number of houses of 3 rooms	29
Number of houses of 3 stories	3
Number of houses of 4 rooms	65
Number of houses of 5 rooms	74
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	159
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	6
Number of houses under construction	5
Number of occupied houses	346
Number of uninhabited houses	13

Agriculture (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	2
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	55
Acres of farmland in pasture	157
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	3,217
Acres of farmland under crops	1,109
Acres of hay crops	126
Acres of improved land in farms	1,321
Acres of land in farms	4,538
Acres of oats	84
Acres of potatoes	5
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	2
BAR AC	2
BAR BU	20
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	20
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,720
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	250
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	475
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	336
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	15
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	780
HAY AC	126
HAY TONS	145
Number of chickens	1,242
Number of ducks	14
Number of farm occupants who own their land	178
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	54
Number of geese	22
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	12
Number of horses aged over 3 years	127
Number of milk cows	91
Number of occupants of farms	232
Number of other cattle	44
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	212
Number of swine	74
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	2,100
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	84
OAT BU	1,720
PEA BU	250
POT AC	5
POT BU	475
Pounds of homemade butter	7,800
RYE BU	336
Tons of hay produced in the past year	145
WHT AC	2
WHT SP BU	15

Other recorded variables (58 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	5
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	7
A 51 100	5
BUTTER LB	7,800
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	528
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	637
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,165
COLTS FILLIES	12
DUCKS	14
FAMILIES	348
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.30
FRN CA	11
GEESE	22
HENS AND CHKN	1,242
HORSES OVR THREE	127
HOUSES	346
HOUSES B	23
HOUSES CON	5
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	5
HOUSES FIVE RM	74
HOUSES FOUR RM	65
HOUSES ONE STRY	243
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	159
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	6
HOUSES THREE RM	29
HOUSES THREE STRY	3
HOUSES TWO RM	8
HOUSES TWO STRY	100
HOUSES UNINH	13
HOUSES W	323
INF 11 A	212
MD FEM	313
MD MALE	313
MD TOT	626
MILK COWS	91
NAME CD	Simcoe, East-Est
OC F	54
OC P	178
OC TOT	232
OTHER HRN CATTLE	44
OTHERS	1,837
SUP AM	1,321
SUP FOR	3,217
SUP JV	55
SUP PAT	157
SUP SC	1,109
SUP TOT	4,538
SWINE	74
SWINE KS	2,100
TOT DWLG OCC	346
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	780
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	38
WID MALE	19
WID TOT	57
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON117001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129025 — 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). "Gravenhurst, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gravenhurst-town-ville-on117001-1891/.