Himsworth N & S & Nipissing, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Himsworth N & S & Nipissing (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Himsworth N & S & Nipissing was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,832. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.125°N, 79.473°W.

Population

In 1891, Himsworth N & S & Nipissing had a population of 1,832: 1,037 male and 795 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 (42.3% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Himsworth, North & South—Nord & Sud, 1901 (46.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Nipissing, 1901 (53.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Himsworth N & S & Nipissing shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,832 total population, 1,037 males, 795 females, 605 married persons, 344 families, 309 married males, 296 married females, 29 widowed persons, 16 widowed males, 13 widowed females, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,198 single persons under 18, 712 single males under 18, 486 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,779 persons who are not French Canadian, 53 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 337 occupied houses, 333 houses, 331 houses built of wood, 216 houses of 2 stories, 113 houses of 1 story, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 56 houses of 2 rooms, 50 houses of 1 room, 45 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses under construction, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 65,326 pounds of homemade butter, 62,158 acres of land in farms, 53,691 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,067 bushels of potatoes, 25,731 bushels of oats, 11,565 bushels of turnips, 8,678 bushels of peas, 8,467 acres of improved land in farms, 7,484 acres of farmland under crops, 3,741 chickens, 2,746 tons of hay, 2,586 bushels of spring wheat, 2,486 acres of hay crops, 1,392 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,329 acres of oats, 1,197 bushels of barley, 887 acres of farmland in pasture, 807 other cattle, 719 swine, 666 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 617 milk cows, 554 sheep, 536 swine slaughtered or sold, 388 occupants of farms, 385 bushels of winter wheat, 348 farm occupants who own their land, 346 cattle killed or sold, 299 acres of wheat, 272 horses aged over 3 years, 229 geese, 198 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 173 acres of potatoes, 148 oxen, 122 turkeys, 119 acres of barley, 96 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 96 sheep slaughtered or sold, 80 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 73 horses aged 3 years and under, 66 ducks, 58 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 52 bushels of rye, 48 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 acres of turnips, 34 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 other fowl, 6 employees on farms, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095012 — 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). "Himsworth N & S & Nipissing, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/himsworth-n-s-nipissing-on095012-1891/.