Keewatin S, Ontario (1891 census)

Keewatin S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 844. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.709°N, 94.620°W.

Population

In 1891, Keewatin S had a population of 844: 479 male and 365 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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Keewatin (P. Division), 1901 (2.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Keewatin S shared boundaries with:

• Keewatin N
• Rat Portage W-O
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 844 total population, 479 males, 365 females, 317 married persons, 171 families, 159 married females, 158 married males, 26 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 501 single persons under 18, 307 single males under 18, 194 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 669 persons who are not French Canadian, 175 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 170 occupied houses, 123 houses, 123 houses built of wood, 83 houses of 1 story, 47 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 38 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,273 bushels of potatoes, 2,871 acres of land in farms, 2,208 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,750 pounds of homemade butter, 663 acres of improved land in farms, 660 bushels of turnips, 581 acres of farmland under crops, 479 chickens, 100 bushels of oats, 93 occupants of farms, 79 farm occupants who own their land, 69 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 62 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 53 acres of potatoes, 44 tons of hay, 37 bushels of corn, 33 milk cows, 31 acres of hay crops, 31 horses aged over 3 years, 21 ducks, 20 acres of farmland in pasture, 17 other cattle, 17 swine, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 cattle killed or sold, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 swine slaughtered or sold, 5 other fowl, 5 oxen, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of oats, 2 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046031 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046031 — 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). "Keewatin S, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/keewatin-s-on046031-1891/.