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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario

Lyndoch, Ontario (1891 census)

Lyndoch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 294. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.277°N, 77.330°W.

Population

In 1891, Lyndoch had a population of 294: 162 male and 132 female residents. Population density was 3.5 people per square mile.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Lyndoch shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.70
FAM NO51
Number of families51
Number of females132
Number of males162
Number of married females46
Number of married males46
Number of married persons92
Number of widowed females4
Number of widowed males2
Number of widowed persons6
POP F132
POP M162
POP TOT294
Total population294
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 1882
Number of single males under 18114
Number of single persons under 18196
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of persons who are not French Canadian294
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties1
Number of houses45
Number of houses built of wood45
Number of houses of 1 room10
Number of houses of 1 story22
Number of houses of 2 rooms15
Number of houses of 2 stories23
Number of houses of 3 rooms9
Number of houses of 4 rooms7
Number of houses of 5 rooms2
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms2
Number of occupied houses46
Agriculture (62 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley5
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards5
Acres of farmland in pasture396
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest5,946
Acres of farmland under crops1,913
Acres of hay crops867
Acres of improved land in farms2,314
Acres of land in farms8,260
Acres of oats341
Acres of potatoes46
Acres of turnips15
Acres of wheat199
BAR AC5
BAR BU88
Bushels of barley produced in the past year88
Bushels of beans produced in the past year15
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year30
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year6
Bushels of oats produced in the past year5,319
Bushels of peas produced in the past year1,769
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year4,051
Bushels of rye produced in the past year619
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year2,137
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,283
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year2
BWT BU30
HAY AC867
HAY TONS384
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year84
Number of chickens686
Number of ducks11
Number of farm occupants who own their land48
Number of geese103
Number of horses aged 3 years and under36
Number of horses aged over 3 years80
Number of milk cows180
Number of occupants of farms48
Number of other cattle250
Number of oxen10
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres30
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres10
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres6
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres1
Number of sheep408
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold145
Number of swine255
Number of swine slaughtered or sold116
Number of turkeys75
OAT AC341
OAT BU5,319
PEA BU1,769
POT AC46
POT BU4,051
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year270
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year1,397
Pounds of homemade butter10,934
RYE BU619
Tons of hay produced in the past year384
WHT AC199
WHT FALL BU2
WHT SP BU2,137
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20030
A 11 501
A 201 PL6
A 51 10010
BEN BU15
BUTTER LB10,934
CATTLE KS84
CHILD AND UNMD FEM82
CHILD AND UNMD MALE114
CHILD AND UNMD TOT196
COARSE WOOL LB270
COLTS FILLIES36
DUCKS11
FAMILIES51
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.70
FINE WOOL LB1,397
FRN CA0
GEESE103
GRA BU6
HENS AND CHKN686
HORSES OVR THREE80
HOUSES45
HOUSES FIVE RM2
HOUSES FOUR RM7
HOUSES ONE RM10
HOUSES ONE STRY22
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM2
HOUSES THREE RM9
HOUSES TWO RM15
HOUSES TWO STRY23
HOUSES W45
INF 11 A1
MD FEM46
MD MALE46
MD TOT92
MILK COWS180
NAME CDRenfrew, South-Sud
OC P48
OC TOT48
OTHER HRN CATTLE250
OTHERS294
SHEEP408
SHEEP KS145
SUP AM2,314
SUP FOR5,946
SUP JV5
SUP PAT396
SUP SC1,913
SUP TOT8,260
SWINE255
SWINE KS116
TOT DWLG OCC46
TUR AC15
TUR BU1,283
TURKEY75
VESS AND SHAN1
WID FEM4
WID MALE2
WID TOT6
WORKING OX10

Identifiers

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). "Lyndoch, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/lyndoch-on115011-1891/.