Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett, Ontario (1891 census)

Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 535. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.450°N, 80.291°W.

Population

In 1891, Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett had a population of 535: 291 male and 244 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 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Kirkpatrick, 1901 (25.1% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dunnet & Ratter, 1901 (49.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Hugel, 1901 (25.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett shared boundaries with:

• Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson
• Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell
• Unorganized Territory

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 535 total population, 291 males, 244 females, 155 married persons, 90 families, 78 married males, 77 married females, 12 widowed persons, 9 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 368 single persons under 18, 204 single males under 18, 164 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 289 persons who are not French Canadian, 246 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 88 occupied houses, 73 houses, 73 houses built of wood, 61 houses of 2 stories, 32 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 15 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 1 story, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,811 acres of land in farms, 7,133 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,995 pounds of homemade butter, 1,935 bushels of potatoes, 865 bushels of oats, 678 acres of improved land in farms, 576 acres of farmland in pasture, 305 bushels of turnips, 214 chickens, 102 bushels of peas, 101 acres of farmland under crops, 56 horses aged over 3 years, 55 acres of oats, 48 milk cows, 38 farm occupants who own their land, 38 occupants of farms, 31 other cattle, 29 tons of hay, 23 acres of hay crops, 22 acres of potatoes, 22 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 swine, 13 oxen, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 ducks, 3 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON096008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096008 — 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). "Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kirkpatrick-hugel-ratter-dunnett-on096008-1891/.