King, Ontario (1891 census)
King was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,067. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q483483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.962°N, 79.605°W.
Population
In 1891, King had a population of 6,067: 3,179 male and 2,888 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 6,565 |
| 1861 | 8,063 |
| 1871 | 7,482 |
| 1881 | 6,664 |
| 1891 | 6,067 |
| 1901 | 5,565 |
| 1911 | 5,007 |
| 1921 | 5,149 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of King, 1901 (87.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, King shared boundaries with:
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 6,067 total population, 3,179 males, 2,888 females, 1,993 married persons, 1,220 families, 997 married males, 996 married females, 263 widowed persons, 167 widowed females, 96 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,811 single persons under 18, 2,086 single males under 18, 1,725 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,067 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,188 occupied houses, 1,177 houses, 933 houses built of wood, 908 houses of 2 stories, 712 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 264 houses of 1 story, 197 houses built of brick, 139 houses of 5 rooms, 130 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 74 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 57 uninhabited houses, 47 houses built of stone, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 288,253 pounds of homemade butter, 256,630 bushels of oats, 164,941 bushels of barley, 132,555 bushels of winter wheat, 123,151 bushels of turnips, 111,379 bushels of peas, 83,441 acres of land in farms, 75,877 bushels of potatoes, 71,081 acres of improved land in farms, 60,058 acres of farmland under crops, 53,973 bushels of spring wheat, 42,321 chickens, 19,893 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17,975 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,360 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,727 acres of wheat, 10,284 swine slaughtered or sold, 9,958 acres of oats, 9,943 tons of hay, 9,750 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,111 swine, 8,301 acres of barley, 6,939 acres of hay crops, 5,967 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,277 sheep, 2,892 milk cows, 2,850 geese, 2,709 other cattle, 2,682 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,665 horses aged over 3 years, 2,305 ducks, 1,989 turkeys, 1,867 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,331 cattle killed or sold, 1,273 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,139 occupants of farms, 1,137 horses aged 3 years and under, 909 acres of potatoes, 753 farm occupants who own their land, 654 bushels of rye, 412 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 385 farm occupants who rent their land, 367 acres of turnips, 359 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 221 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 134 bushels of corn, 107 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 67 other fowl, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 bushels of buckwheat, 12 bushels of beans, 2 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON132008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON154005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q483483
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_(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). "King, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/king-on132008-1891/.