Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Lanark, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Lanark, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 859. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.022°N, 76.364°W.
Population
In 1891, Lanark, Village had a population of 859: 421 male and 438 female residents. Population density was 856.1 people per square mile.
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, Lanark, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 164 |
| Number of families | 164 |
| Number of females | 438 |
| Number of males | 421 |
| Number of married females | 142 |
| Number of married males | 139 |
| Number of married persons | 281 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 26 |
| POP F | 438 |
| POP M | 421 |
| POP TOT | 859 |
| Total population | 859 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 280 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 272 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 552 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 18 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 841 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 160 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 3 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 12 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 145 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 131 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 29 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 34 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 91 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 160 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 872 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 862 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 776 |
| Acres of hay crops | 522 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,703 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,565 |
| Acres of oats | 296 |
| Acres of potatoes | 39 |
| Acres of turnips | 8 |
| Acres of wheat | 129 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 284 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 636 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,485 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,031 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,031 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 462 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 792 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,847 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| BWT BU | 35 |
| CRN BU | 636 |
| HAY AC | 522 |
| HAY TONS | 593 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 20 |
| Number of chickens | 1,150 |
| Number of ducks | 8 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 101 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 7 |
| Number of geese | 31 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 18 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 118 |
| Number of milk cows | 191 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 108 |
| Number of other cattle | 153 |
| Number of other fowl | 25 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 79 |
| Number of sheep | 155 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 41 |
| Number of swine | 61 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 43 |
| Number of turkeys | 46 |
| OAT AC | 296 |
| OAT BU | 6,485 |
| PEA BU | 1,031 |
| POT AC | 39 |
| POT BU | 5,031 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 50 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 608 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 12,370 |
| RYE BU | 462 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 593 |
| WHT AC | 129 |
| WHT FALL BU | 25 |
| WHT SP BU | 792 |
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 9 |
| A 11 50 | 9 |
| A 51 100 | 11 |
| BEN BU | 284 |
| BUTTER LB | 12,370 |
| CATTLE KS | 20 |
| CHEESE LB | 50 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 280 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 272 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 552 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 608 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 18 |
| DUCKS | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 164 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 18 |
| GEESE | 31 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,150 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 118 |
| HOUSES | 160 |
| HOUSES B | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 8 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 34 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 24 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 131 |
| HOUSES S | 12 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 91 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 29 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 145 |
| INF 11 A | 79 |
| MD FEM | 142 |
| MD MALE | 139 |
| MD TOT | 281 |
| MILK COWS | 191 |
| NAME CD | Lanark, North- Nord |
| OC F | 7 |
| OC P | 101 |
| OC TOT | 108 |
| OTHER FOWL | 25 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 153 |
| OTHERS | 841 |
| SHEEP | 155 |
| SHEEP KS | 41 |
| SUP AM | 1,703 |
| SUP FOR | 862 |
| SUP PAT | 872 |
| SUP SC | 776 |
| SUP TOT | 2,565 |
| SWINE | 61 |
| SWINE KS | 43 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 160 |
| TUR AC | 8 |
| TUR BU | 1,847 |
| TURKEY | 46 |
| WID FEM | 16 |
| WID MALE | 10 |
| WID TOT | 26 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON083007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123019 — 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). "Lanark, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lanark-village-on083007-1891/.