Huntingdon, Ontario (1891 census)

Huntingdon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,562. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.414°N, 77.442°W.

Population

In 1891, Huntingdon had a population of 2,562: 1,349 male and 1,213 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, Huntingdon shared boundaries with:

• Hungerford
• Madoc
• Rawdon
• Thurlow
• Tyendinaga

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,562 total population, 1,349 males, 1,213 females, 895 married persons, 524 families, 448 married males, 447 married females, 112 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,555 single persons under 18, 867 single males under 18, 688 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,546 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 522 houses, 522 occupied houses, 423 houses built of wood, 265 houses of 1 story, 256 houses of 2 stories, 222 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 73 houses of 2 rooms, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 49 houses built of brick, 49 houses built of stone, 23 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 1 room, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 76,184 pounds of homemade butter, 69,004 bushels of oats, 50,280 bushels of potatoes, 45,711 acres of land in farms, 32,398 acres of improved land in farms, 22,878 bushels of corn, 22,014 bushels of peas, 21,287 bushels of barley, 17,259 acres of farmland under crops, 16,232 bushels of turnips, 15,713 bushels of rye, 14,629 chickens, 14,443 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,313 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,079 bushels of buckwheat, 9,156 bushels of spring wheat, 8,300 bushels of winter wheat, 6,593 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,616 tons of hay, 4,300 acres of hay crops, 3,887 acres of oats, 3,291 milk cows, 2,149 swine, 1,794 other cattle, 1,562 acres of wheat, 1,503 sheep, 1,465 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,317 acres of barley, 1,068 horses aged over 3 years, 874 geese, 696 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 681 sheep slaughtered or sold, 548 acres of potatoes, 524 cattle killed or sold, Capacity of silos (tons): 500, 494 occupants of farms, 426 farm occupants who own their land, 416 horses aged 3 years and under, 367 turkeys, 354 ducks, 271 bushels of beans, 173 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 112 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 110 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 76 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 68 farm occupants who rent their land, 56 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 51 acres of turnips, 47 oxen, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON074006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261812

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). "Huntingdon, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huntingdon-on074006-1891/.