Louth, Ontario (1891 census)

Louth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,774. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.147°N, 79.334°W.

Population

In 1891, Louth had a population of 1,774: 895 male and 879 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, Louth shared boundaries with:

• Clinton
• Grantham
• Pelham
• Thorold

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 1,774 total population, 895 males, 879 females, 661 married persons, 378 families, 331 married males, 330 married females, 89 widowed persons, 61 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,024 single persons under 18, 536 single males under 18, 488 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,774 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 375 houses, 375 occupied houses, 307 houses built of wood, 249 houses of 1 story, 210 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 124 houses of 2 stories, 63 houses built of brick, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 93,835 pounds of homemade butter, 41,342 bushels of winter wheat, 38,713 bushels of corn, 31,572 bushels of oats, 20,096 bushels of potatoes, 17,922 acres of land in farms, 15,913 acres of improved land in farms, 14,363 bushels of turnips, 12,469 acres of farmland under crops, 8,425 chickens, 7,444 bushels of barley, 6,080 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,494 tons of hay, 4,267 bushels of peas, 2,996 acres of hay crops, 2,210 acres of wheat, 2,009 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,936 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,814 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,726 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,508 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,501 swine, 1,419 acres of oats, 841 milk cows, 803 horses aged over 3 years, 787 other cattle, 669 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 580 sheep, 430 acres of barley, 351 occupants of farms, 339 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 335 bushels of rye, 327 bushels of buckwheat, 321 cattle killed or sold, 268 farm occupants who own their land, 242 acres of potatoes, 232 horses aged 3 years and under, 215 sheep slaughtered or sold, 182 ducks, 174 bushels of spring wheat, 157 geese, 125 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 122 turkeys, 97 bushels of beans, 94 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 89 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 82 farm occupants who rent their land, 51 acres of turnips, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 other fowl, 3 oxen, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON088004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126007 — 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). "Louth, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/louth-on088004-1891/.