Gurd, Pringle & Patterson, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Gurd, Pringle & Patterson (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Gurd, Pringle & Patterson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 842. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.068°N, 79.718°W.

Population

In 1891, Gurd, Pringle & Patterson had a population of 842: 464 male and 378 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 Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing, 1881 (52.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Gurd, 1901 (19.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Patterson, 1901 (58.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Pringle, 1901 (21.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Gurd, Pringle & Patterson shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 842 total population, 464 males, 378 females, 279 married persons, 165 families, 141 married males, 138 married females, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 547 single persons under 18, 312 single males under 18, 235 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 830 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 163 occupied houses, 159 houses, 159 houses built of wood, 120 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,455 pounds of homemade butter, 24,759 acres of land in farms, 20,414 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,216 bushels of oats, 12,605 bushels of potatoes, 11,715 bushels of turnips, 4,345 acres of improved land in farms, 3,902 bushels of peas, 3,822 acres of farmland under crops, 1,919 chickens, 1,772 tons of hay, 1,756 acres of hay crops, 1,475 bushels of spring wheat, 994 acres of oats, 956 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 680 bushels of rye, 521 other cattle, 515 acres of farmland in pasture, 394 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 381 swine, 330 milk cows, 313 swine slaughtered or sold, 285 sheep, 192 horses aged over 3 years, 179 bushels of barley, 147 acres of wheat, 147 oxen, 144 cattle killed or sold, 138 occupants of farms, 135 farm occupants who own their land, 114 acres of potatoes, 81 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 66 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 64 bushels of buckwheat, 61 acres of turnips, 59 geese, 43 sheep slaughtered or sold, 37 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 bushels of winter wheat, 18 turkeys, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of barley, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 ducks, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 employees on farms, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095011 — 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). "Gurd, Pringle & Patterson, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/gurd-pringle-patterson-on095011-1891/.