Greenock, Ontario (1891 census)
Greenock was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,389. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.169°N, 81.324°W.
Population
In 1891, Greenock had a population of 3,389: 1,780 male and 1,609 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,981 |
| 1881 | 3,751 |
| 1891 | 3,389 |
| 1901 | 3,085 |
| 1911 | 2,595 |
| 1921 | 2,229 |
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, Greenock shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,389 total population, 1,780 males, 1,609 females, 995 married persons, 613 families, 500 married females, 495 married males, 126 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,268 single persons under 18, 1,229 single males under 18, 1,039 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,379 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 608 occupied houses, 597 houses, 535 houses built of wood, 434 houses of 1 story, 234 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 156 houses of 2 stories, 120 houses of 4 rooms, 88 houses of 3 rooms, 84 houses of 5 rooms, 49 houses built of brick, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 216,670 bushels of turnips, 144,037 bushels of oats, 116,455 pounds of homemade butter, 76,126 bushels of peas, 53,806 bushels of winter wheat, 51,221 acres of land in farms, 38,971 bushels of potatoes, 35,513 acres of improved land in farms, 24,795 acres of farmland under crops, 16,959 chickens, 16,812 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15,708 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,167 bushels of barley, 10,812 tons of hay, 10,599 bushels of spring wheat, 10,185 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,027 acres of hay crops, 5,499 acres of oats, 3,699 other cattle, 3,509 acres of wheat, 3,353 sheep, 2,649 swine, 2,592 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,194 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,088 milk cows, 1,876 cattle killed or sold, 1,866 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,179 horses aged over 3 years, 593 geese, 569 occupants of farms, 547 horses aged 3 years and under, 534 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 523 acres of barley, 509 farm occupants who own their land, 505 acres of turnips, 436 bushels of corn, 324 bushels of buckwheat, 301 acres of potatoes, 285 ducks, 236 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 225 turkeys, 218 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 200 bushels of rye, 124 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 119 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 104 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 60 farm occupants who rent their land, 36 other fowl, 30 oxen, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON051004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON104010— 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). "Greenock, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/greenock-on051004-1891/.