Logan, Ontario (1891 census)
Logan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262070. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.535°N, 81.156°W.
Population
In 1891, Logan had a population of 3,093: 1,598 male and 1,495 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 698 |
| 1861 | 2,259 |
| 1871 | 3,199 |
| 1881 | 3,355 |
| 1891 | 3,093 |
| 1901 | 3,024 |
| 1911 | 2,829 |
| 1921 | 2,584 |
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, Logan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,093 total population, 1,598 males, 1,495 females, 993 married persons, 552 families, 497 married males, 496 married females, 86 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,014 single persons under 18, 1,070 single males under 18, 944 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,049 persons who are not French Canadian, 44 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 549 houses, 549 occupied houses, 514 houses of 1 story, 443 houses built of wood, 256 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 100 houses built of brick, 95 houses of 4 rooms, 89 houses of 3 rooms, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 35 houses of 2 stories, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 5 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 229,774 bushels of oats, 151,915 bushels of turnips, 126,840 pounds of homemade butter, 61,236 bushels of winter wheat, 53,720 bushels of peas, 46,554 acres of land in farms, 38,691 bushels of potatoes, 38,626 acres of improved land in farms, 33,239 bushels of barley, 29,709 acres of farmland under crops, 22,465 chickens, 15,508 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,193 tons of hay, 10,867 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 8,454 bushels of spring wheat, 8,377 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,928 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,617 acres of oats, 6,749 acres of hay crops, 3,982 other cattle, 3,788 acres of wheat, 3,133 sheep, 2,869 swine, 2,602 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,511 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,014 milk cows, 1,710 cattle killed or sold, 1,312 acres of barley, 1,284 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,281 horses aged over 3 years, 984 geese, 742 horses aged 3 years and under, 540 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 537 occupants of farms, 467 farm occupants who own their land, 447 acres of turnips, 440 bushels of buckwheat, 426 ducks, 346 acres of potatoes, 284 bushels of corn, 258 turkeys, 225 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 203 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 133 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 132 bushels of beans, 116 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 68 farm occupants who rent their land, 58 other fowl, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON108004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON137009_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262070
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). "Logan, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/logan-on108004-1891/.