Lucan, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Lucan, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 920. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.196°N, 81.408°W.
Population
In 1891, Lucan, VL had a population of 920: 440 male and 480 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 976 |
| 1891 | 920 |
| 1901 | 848 |
| 1911 | 709 |
| 1921 | 683 |
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, Lucan, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 920 total population, 480 females, 440 males, 306 married persons, 198 families, 154 married females, 152 married males, 62 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 552 single persons under 18, 279 single males under 18, 273 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 919 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 198 houses, 198 occupied houses, 144 houses built of wood, 138 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 98 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses built of brick, 32 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,110 pounds of homemade butter, 5,807 bushels of turnips, 4,304 bushels of potatoes, 4,270 bushels of oats, 1,483 chickens, 975 bushels of winter wheat, 930 bushels of barley, 813 acres of land in farms, 802 acres of improved land in farms, 495 bushels of corn, 408 sheep slaughtered or sold, 360 bushels of peas, 356 acres of farmland under crops, 352 acres of farmland in pasture, 272 tons of hay, 179 occupants of farms, 170 cattle killed or sold, 168 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 159 acres of hay crops, 152 farm occupants who own their land, 129 swine slaughtered or sold, 122 horses aged over 3 years, 118 acres of oats, 94 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 92 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 80 other cattle, 79 milk cows, 74 swine, 46 acres of wheat, 42 acres of potatoes, 29 acres of barley, 28 ducks, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 23 sheep, 20 bushels of beans, 20 geese, 19 acres of turnips, 11 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128021— 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). "Lucan, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lucan-vl-on091004-1891/.