Hope, Ontario (1891 census)
Hope was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,887. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.016°N, 78.390°W.
Population
In 1891, Hope had a population of 3,887: 2,010 male and 1,877 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,299 |
| 1861 | 5,883 |
| 1871 | 5,075 |
| 1881 | 4,522 |
| 1891 | 3,887 |
| 1901 | 3,273 |
| 1911 | 3,115 |
| 1921 | 2,754 |
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, Hope shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,887 total population, 2,010 males, 1,877 females, 1,359 married persons, 815 families, 682 married males, 677 married females, 139 widowed persons, 91 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,389 single persons under 18, 1,280 single males under 18, 1,109 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,876 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 809 occupied houses, 807 houses, 666 houses built of wood, 533 houses of 1 story, 445 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 269 houses of 2 stories, 122 houses built of brick, 101 houses of 5 rooms, 95 houses of 4 rooms, 69 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses built of stone, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 199,354 bushels of turnips, 157,515 pounds of homemade butter, 127,928 bushels of oats, 86,529 bushels of barley, 79,725 bushels of peas, 60,129 acres of land in farms, 53,164 acres of improved land in farms, 48,579 bushels of potatoes, 46,772 bushels of spring wheat, 43,582 acres of farmland under crops, 24,593 chickens, 17,888 bushels of winter wheat, 16,746 bushels of corn, 15,620 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15,457 bushels of buckwheat, 10,878 tons of hay, 10,598 bushels of rye, 8,390 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,370 acres of hay crops, 6,965 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,406 acres of oats, 5,592 acres of wheat, 5,331 acres of barley, 3,596 sheep, 2,996 swine, 2,943 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,793 other cattle, 2,339 milk cows, 2,191 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,876 horses aged over 3 years, 1,592 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,192 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,094 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,022 bushels of beans, 962 cattle killed or sold, 792 occupants of farms, 789 geese, 741 horses aged 3 years and under, 679 turkeys, 620 acres of potatoes, 530 acres of turnips, 489 farm occupants who own their land, 486 ducks, 324 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 295 farm occupants who rent their land, 281 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 196 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 182 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 94 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 66 other fowl, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 employees on farms, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Douglas Armour | 1851–1922 | born here |
| Emily Ann McCausland Shortt | 1851–1930 | born here |
| Franklin Bates Polson | 1858–1907 | born here |
| Frederick Charles Gilchrist | 1859–1896 | born here |
| Bertha Harmer | 1880–1934 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON058002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON108005_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). "Hope, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hope-on058002-1891/.