Grey, Ontario (1891 census)

Grey was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,022. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.720°N, 81.166°W.

Population

In 1891, Grey had a population of 4,022: 2,055 male and 1,967 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, Grey shared boundaries with:

• Brussels, Village
• Elma
• Howick
• Logan
• McKillop
• Morris
• Turnberry
• Wallace

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 4,022 total population, 2,055 males, 1,967 females, 1,300 married persons, 781 families, 650 married females, 650 married males, 148 widowed persons, 82 widowed females, 66 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,574 single persons under 18, 1,339 single males under 18, 1,235 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,022 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 778 occupied houses, 775 houses, 667 houses built of wood, 516 houses of 1 story, 360 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 254 houses of 2 stories, 161 houses of 4 rooms, 110 houses of 5 rooms, 87 houses built of brick, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses built of stone, 15 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 243,381 bushels of oats, 239,690 bushels of turnips, 129,026 pounds of homemade butter, 63,012 bushels of peas, 62,105 acres of land in farms, 60,328 bushels of winter wheat, 59,194 bushels of potatoes, 46,268 acres of improved land in farms, 37,633 bushels of barley, 34,659 acres of farmland under crops, 26,344 chickens, 17,604 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15,837 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,064 tons of hay, 10,836 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,636 acres of oats, 8,585 bushels of spring wheat, 7,420 acres of hay crops, 4,902 other cattle, 4,161 acres of wheat, 3,645 cattle killed or sold, 3,644 sheep, 3,537 bushels of corn, 3,334 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,260 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,071 swine, 2,958 milk cows, 2,489 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,680 acres of barley, 1,513 horses aged over 3 years, 847 horses aged 3 years and under, 810 geese, 773 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 752 occupants of farms, 657 farm occupants who own their land, 579 acres of turnips, 504 ducks, 469 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 462 acres of potatoes, 320 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 249 turkeys, 240 bushels of rye, 195 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 181 bushels of buckwheat, 166 bushels of beans, 158 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 117 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 109 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 93 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON076003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119004_1891 — 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). "Grey, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/grey-on076003-1891/.