Howe Island, Ontario (1891 census)

Howe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 422. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261792. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.276°N, 76.275°W.

Population

In 1891, Howe Island had a population of 422: 211 male and 211 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 422 total population, 211 females, 211 males, 120 married persons, 69 families, 60 married females, 60 married males, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 6.10 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 286 single persons under 18, 146 single males under 18, 140 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 366 persons who are not French Canadian, 56 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 68 houses, 68 occupied houses, 66 houses built of wood, 66 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,725 pounds of homemade butter, 19,141 bushels of oats, 8,497 bushels of peas, 8,050 acres of land in farms, 7,488 acres of improved land in farms, 5,786 acres of farmland under crops, 5,414 bushels of barley, 2,867 bushels of spring wheat, 2,840 chickens, 2,705 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,604 bushels of potatoes, 2,514 tons of hay, 2,103 acres of hay crops, 1,517 acres of farmland in pasture, 902 acres of oats, 623 sheep, 562 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 476 sheep slaughtered or sold, 424 other cattle, 403 acres of barley, 398 acres of wheat, 330 bushels of turnips, 328 milk cows, 288 turkeys, 222 swine, 216 horses aged over 3 years, 188 swine slaughtered or sold, 185 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 128 cattle killed or sold, 128 geese, 119 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 100 ducks, 86 horses aged 3 years and under, 68 acres of potatoes, 67 occupants of farms, 61 farm occupants who own their land, 57 bushels of corn, 50 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 36 bushels of beans, 33 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 10 other fowl, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON064002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111006_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261792

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). "Howe Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howe-island-on064002-1891/.