Loughborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Loughborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,218. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262081. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.460°N, 76.540°W.

Population

In 1891, Loughborough had a population of 2,218: 1,145 male and 1,073 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, Loughborough shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Kingston
• Portland
• Storrington

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,218 total population, 1,145 males, 1,073 females, 768 married persons, 461 families, 384 married females, 384 married males, 96 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,354 single persons under 18, 737 single males under 18, 617 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,217 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 456 occupied houses, 422 houses, 356 houses built of wood, 315 houses of 2 stories, 228 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 103 houses of 1 story, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses built of stone, 42 houses of 2 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 34 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 28 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 15 houses built of brick, 4 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 88,329 pounds of homemade butter, 44,455 bushels of oats, 42,843 acres of land in farms, 36,404 bushels of potatoes, 32,051 acres of improved land in farms, 16,778 acres of farmland under crops, 14,850 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,738 bushels of barley, 10,792 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,656 chickens, 8,706 bushels of peas, 6,573 tons of hay, 6,219 bushels of spring wheat, 6,072 acres of hay crops, 4,676 bushels of corn, 4,561 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,470 bushels of buckwheat, 4,067 bushels of winter wheat, 3,499 bushels of rye, 2,734 acres of oats, 2,100 bushels of turnips, 1,837 milk cows, 1,353 sheep, 1,195 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,193 other cattle, 1,064 swine, 1,008 acres of wheat, 981 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 844 acres of barley, 740 horses aged over 3 years, 638 sheep slaughtered or sold, 504 acres of potatoes, 428 occupants of farms, 423 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 400 geese, 386 cattle killed or sold, 351 turkeys, 341 farm occupants who own their land, 295 bushels of beans, 249 ducks, 220 horses aged 3 years and under, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 189 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 150 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 108 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 94 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 other fowl, 18 oxen, 13 acres of turnips, 8 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON045009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262081

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). "Loughborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/loughborough-on045009-1891/.