Keppel, Ontario (1891 census)

Keppel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,774. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.692°N, 81.028°W.

Population

In 1891, Keppel had a population of 3,774: 1,971 male and 1,803 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, Keppel shared boundaries with:

• Amabel & Saugeen
• Derby
• Sarawak

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,774 total population, 1,971 males, 1,803 females, 1,156 married persons, 693 families, 581 married females, 575 married males, 111 widowed persons, 56 widowed males, 55 widowed females, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,507 single persons under 18, 1,340 single males under 18, 1,167 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,772 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 693 occupied houses, 691 houses, 638 houses built of wood, 372 houses of 1 story, 278 houses of 2 stories, 233 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 143 houses of 4 rooms, 127 houses of 3 rooms, 110 houses of 5 rooms, 60 uninhabited houses, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 41 houses of 3 stories, 27 houses built of stone, 26 houses built of brick, 14 houses of 1 room, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 194,222 pounds of homemade butter, 90,391 bushels of oats, 70,600 acres of land in farms, 58,597 bushels of turnips, 55,206 bushels of peas, 51,549 bushels of potatoes, 35,475 acres of improved land in farms, 35,125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 26,342 acres of farmland under crops, 22,351 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22,258 bushels of spring wheat, 16,490 bushels of winter wheat, 14,407 chickens, 11,491 bushels of barley, 11,383 tons of hay, 10,446 acres of hay crops, 8,395 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,221 sheep, 3,753 acres of oats, 3,654 other cattle, 3,206 acres of wheat, 2,850 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,315 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,004 milk cows, 1,831 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,686 swine, 1,143 cattle killed or sold, 1,142 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,087 horses aged over 3 years, 738 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 655 occupants of farms, 620 geese, 568 farm occupants who own their land, 552 turkeys, 539 acres of barley, 492 bushels of corn, 469 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 407 horses aged 3 years and under, 399 ducks, 395 acres of potatoes, 372 bushels of rye, 345 bushels of buckwheat, 279 bushels of beans, 273 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 216 acres of turnips, 167 oxen, 155 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 83 farm occupants who rent their land, 82 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 54 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 44 other fowl, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON068003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114009_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261903

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). "Keppel, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/keppel-on068003-1891/.