Huntley, Ontario (1891 census)

Huntley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,321. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5945636. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.294°N, 76.066°W.

Population

In 1891, Huntley had a population of 2,321: 1,201 male and 1,120 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, Huntley shared boundaries with:

• Fitzroy
• Goulburn
• March
• Ramsay

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,321 total population, 1,201 males, 1,120 females, 655 married persons, 424 families, 328 married males, 327 married females, 80 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,586 single persons under 18, 849 single males under 18, 737 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,320 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 415 houses, 415 occupied houses, 373 houses built of wood, 260 houses of 2 stories, 200 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 154 houses of 1 story, 58 houses of 2 rooms, 53 houses of 3 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 22 houses built of stone, 20 houses built of brick, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 143,735 bushels of oats, 133,135 pounds of homemade butter, 53,251 acres of land in farms, 47,274 bushels of turnips, 37,680 acres of improved land in farms, 34,050 bushels of potatoes, 31,634 bushels of spring wheat, 22,467 acres of farmland under crops, 20,751 bushels of peas, 15,571 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,026 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,902 chickens, 11,189 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,879 bushels of barley, 8,442 acres of oats, 6,113 bushels of buckwheat, 5,027 tons of hay, 4,789 acres of hay crops, 3,344 acres of wheat, 2,995 other cattle, 2,991 bushels of rye, 2,565 sheep, 1,859 milk cows, 1,769 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,418 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,301 swine, 1,087 geese, 1,056 cattle killed or sold, 1,012 horses aged over 3 years, 986 turkeys, 695 acres of barley, 497 horses aged 3 years and under, 488 ducks, 453 bushels of corn, 434 bushels of beans, 404 occupants of farms, 400 acres of potatoes, 370 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 366 farm occupants who own their land, 177 acres of turnips, 130 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 107 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 64 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 62 other fowl, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 44 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 38 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON083005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105005_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5945636
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntley_Township,_Ontario

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). "Huntley, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/huntley-on083005-1891/.