L’Orignal, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

L’Orignal, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,002. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3204697. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.619°N, 74.681°W.

Population

In 1891, L’Orignal, Village had a population of 1,002: 493 male and 509 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, L’Orignal, Village shared boundaries with:

• Longueuil

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,002 total population, 509 females, 493 males, 324 married persons, 180 families, 162 married females, 162 married males, 28 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 650 single persons under 18, 331 single females under 18, 319 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 705 French Canadians, 297 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 165 houses, 165 occupied houses, 145 houses of 1 story, 135 houses built of wood, 56 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses built of stone, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,150 pounds of homemade butter, 11,824 bushels of potatoes, 8,462 bushels of oats, 6,229 acres of land in farms, 3,721 acres of improved land in farms, 2,598 acres of farmland under crops, 2,508 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,373 bushels of corn, 1,746 chickens, 1,648 bushels of peas, 1,405 tons of hay, 1,180 bushels of spring wheat, 1,127 bushels of turnips, 1,065 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,005 acres of hay crops, 759 bushels of buckwheat, 549 bushels of barley, 450 acres of oats, 274 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 271 milk cows, 266 bushels of beans, 260 swine slaughtered or sold, 248 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 208 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 178 horses aged over 3 years, 177 swine, 165 occupants of farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 155, 127 other cattle, 125 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 110 acres of wheat, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 99 farm occupants who own their land, 84 acres of potatoes, 75 sheep, 66 sheep slaughtered or sold, 63 farm occupants who rent their land, 58 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 54 geese, 52 cattle killed or sold, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 41 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 bushels of rye, 37 acres of barley, 33 turkeys, 21 ducks, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen, 5 acres of turnips, 4 other fowl, 3 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: ON112007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3204697
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Orignal
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Orignal

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). "L’Orignal, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/l-orignal-village-on112007-1891/.