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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario

Keewatin N, Ontario (1891 census)

Keewatin N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 572. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.782°N, 94.639°W.

Population

In 1891, Keewatin N had a population of 572: 307 male and 265 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Keewatin N shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 572 total population, 307 males, 265 females, 210 married persons, 129 families, 107 married males, 103 married females, 30 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 332 single persons under 18, 186 single males under 18, 146 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 556 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 129 occupied houses, 69 houses, 69 houses built of wood, 60 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 43 houses of 2 stories, 26 houses of 1 story, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,500 bushels of potatoes, 1,289 acres of land in farms, 665 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 624 acres of improved land in farms, 501 bushels of turnips, 441 chickens, 420 acres of farmland in pasture, 238 tons of hay, 210 pounds of homemade butter, 208 bushels of oats, 175 acres of farmland under crops, 152 acres of hay crops, 71 bushels of corn, 48 occupants of farms, 44 cattle killed or sold, 36 other cattle, 35 milk cows, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 oxen, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 farm occupants who own their land, 25 acres of potatoes, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 bushels of beans, 11 swine, 9 horses aged over 3 years, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 acres of oats, 4 ducks, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Keewatin N, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/keewatin-n-on046030-1891/.