Gravenhurst, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Gravenhurst, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,848. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q937901. 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 trajectory across census years

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 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,848 total population, 969 males, 879 females, 626 married persons, 348 families, 313 married females, 313 married males, 57 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,165 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 528 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,837 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 346 houses, 346 occupied houses, 323 houses built of wood, 243 houses of 1 story, 159 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 100 houses of 2 stories, 74 houses of 5 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 29 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses built of brick, 13 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,800 pounds of homemade butter, 4,538 acres of land in farms, 3,217 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,100 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,720 bushels of oats, 1,321 acres of improved land in farms, 1,242 chickens, 1,109 acres of farmland under crops, 780 bushels of turnips, 475 bushels of potatoes, 336 bushels of rye, 250 bushels of peas, 232 occupants of farms, 212 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 178 farm occupants who own their land, 157 acres of farmland in pasture, 145 tons of hay, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 126 acres of hay crops, 91 milk cows, 84 acres of oats, 74 swine, 55 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 54 farm occupants who rent their land, 44 other cattle, 22 geese, 20 bushels of barley, 15 bushels of spring wheat, 14 ducks, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of potatoes, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of wheat, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON117001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113001_1891_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q937901

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/.