Laurier, Machar & Lount, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Laurier, Machar & Lount (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Laurier, Machar & Lount was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,177. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.866°N, 79.475°W.

Population

In 1891, Laurier, Machar & Lount had a population of 1,177: 629 male and 548 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Lount, 1901 (34.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Laurier, 1901 (31.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Machar, 1901 (33.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Laurier, Machar & Lount shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,177 total population, 629 males, 548 females, 397 married persons, 231 families, 199 married males, 198 married females, 24 widowed persons, 16 widowed males, 8 widowed females, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 756 single persons under 18, 414 single males under 18, 342 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,175 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 219 houses, 219 occupied houses, 218 houses built of wood, 179 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 2 stories, 33 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 1 room, 18 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,337 acres of land in farms, 42,096 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 41,304 pounds of homemade butter, 27,538 bushels of turnips, 18,038 bushels of oats, 14,095 bushels of potatoes, 5,241 acres of improved land in farms, 4,576 acres of farmland under crops, 3,806 bushels of peas, 2,952 chickens, 2,030 acres of hay crops, 2,022 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,014 tons of hay, 1,801 bushels of barley, 1,409 bushels of spring wheat, 982 acres of oats, 936 bushels of rye, 657 other cattle, 616 acres of farmland in pasture, 526 swine, 517 sheep, 417 milk cows, 368 bushels of winter wheat, 261 swine slaughtered or sold, 252 bushels of buckwheat, 240 occupants of farms, 229 farm occupants who own their land, 196 acres of wheat, 168 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 156 acres of turnips, 149 oxen, 146 horses aged over 3 years, 143 acres of potatoes, 133 sheep slaughtered or sold, 132 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 115 geese, 111 acres of barley, 103 cattle killed or sold, 49 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 48 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 43 ducks, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 36 turkeys, 32 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 29 bushels of beans, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 bushels of corn, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 other fowl, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095016 — 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). "Laurier, Machar & Lount, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/laurier-machar-lount-on095016-1891/.