Lobo, Ontario (1891 census)

Lobo was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,989. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262065. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.021°N, 81.476°W.

Population

In 1891, Lobo had a population of 2,989: 1,512 male and 1,477 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, Lobo shared boundaries with:

• Adelaide
• Caradoc
• Delaware
• London
• Williams E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,989 total population, 1,512 males, 1,477 females, 957 married persons, 595 families, 479 married males, 478 married females, 124 widowed persons, 83 widowed females, 41 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,908 single persons under 18, 992 single males under 18, 916 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,978 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 587 houses, 587 occupied houses, 418 houses built of wood, 351 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 314 houses of 1 story, 273 houses of 2 stories, 165 houses built of brick, 105 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 54 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 164,845 bushels of oats, 163,477 pounds of homemade butter, 122,361 bushels of winter wheat, 60,970 bushels of turnips, 47,771 acres of land in farms, 39,477 acres of improved land in farms, 32,478 bushels of potatoes, 28,131 bushels of peas, 26,962 acres of farmland under crops, 21,863 chickens, 18,115 bushels of corn, 12,555 bushels of barley, 11,460 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,668 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,508 tons of hay, 8,294 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,708 acres of wheat, 5,284 acres of oats, 5,150 acres of hay crops, 5,014 bushels of spring wheat, 4,186 other cattle, 2,378 cattle killed or sold, 2,302 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,177 sheep, 1,715 milk cows, 1,619 swine, 1,418 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,402 horses aged over 3 years, 1,340 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,055 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 676 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 670 horses aged 3 years and under, 658 turkeys, 606 occupants of farms, 534 acres of barley, 533 geese, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 499 farm occupants who own their land, 321 acres of potatoes, 277 bushels of buckwheat, 230 ducks, 209 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 178 bushels of rye, 163 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 157 acres of turnips, 115 bushels of beans, 106 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 105 farm occupants who rent their land, 101 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 33 other fowl, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON092003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262065

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). "Lobo, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lobo-on092003-1891/.