Lancaster, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Lancaster, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q27858257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.144°N, 74.488°W.
Population
In 1891, Lancaster, Village had a population of 700: 348 male and 352 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 700 |
| 1901 | 583 |
| 1911 | 624 |
| 1921 | 672 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lancaster, 1881 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Lancaster, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 700 total population, 352 females, 348 males, 227 married persons, 137 families, 114 married males, 113 married females, 33 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 440 single persons under 18, 225 single males under 18, 215 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 448 persons who are not French Canadian, 252 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 137 houses, 137 occupied houses, 109 houses built of wood, 93 houses of 2 stories, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 1 story, 28 houses built of brick, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,667 pounds of homemade butter, 990 bushels of potatoes, 840 chickens, 259 acres of land in farms, 239 acres of improved land in farms, 239 bushels of turnips, 164 bushels of buckwheat, 138 occupants of farms, 135 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 130 bushels of oats, 111 acres of farmland under crops, 89 farm occupants who own their land, 74 acres of farmland in pasture, 64 horses aged over 3 years, 54 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 53 milk cows, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 45 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 bushels of barley, 31 tons of hay, 24 acres of hay crops, 21 swine slaughtered or sold, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16 ducks, 11 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of peas, 8 acres of oats, 8 acres of potatoes, 8 bushels of beans, 7 cattle killed or sold, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 other cattle, 5 turkeys, 4 employees on farms, 4 geese, 3 swine, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON065005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON112006_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q27858257
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_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). "Lancaster, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lancaster-village-on065005-1891/.