Madoc, Ontario (1891 census)

Madoc was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,967. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11765886. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.584°N, 77.509°W.

Population

In 1891, Madoc had a population of 2,967: 1,580 male and 1,387 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, Madoc shared boundaries with:

• Elzevir & Grimsthorpe
• Hungerford
• Huntingdon
• Madoc, Village
• Marmora, Lake
• Rawdon
• Tudor & Cashel

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,967 total population, 1,580 males, 1,387 females, 984 married persons, 552 families, 494 married males, 490 married females, 107 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,876 single persons under 18, 1,049 single males under 18, 827 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,961 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 528 occupied houses, 526 houses, 466 houses built of wood, 299 houses of 2 stories, 240 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 226 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 2 rooms, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses built of brick, 48 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 12 houses built of stone, 9 houses under construction, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 90,434 bushels of oats, 89,403 pounds of homemade butter, 61,509 bushels of potatoes, 56,027 acres of land in farms, 36,952 acres of improved land in farms, 30,726 bushels of turnips, 29,481 bushels of peas, 24,737 acres of farmland under crops, 19,850 bushels of barley, 19,075 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,948 bushels of winter wheat, 16,459 bushels of spring wheat, 14,562 chickens, 13,230 bushels of corn, 11,751 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,561 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,164 tons of hay, 7,145 bushels of rye, 5,484 bushels of buckwheat, 5,478 acres of hay crops, 4,877 acres of oats, 4,303 milk cows, 2,830 acres of wheat, 2,516 other cattle, 2,332 swine, 2,028 sheep, 1,869 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,168 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,158 acres of barley, 1,128 horses aged over 3 years, 1,000 sheep slaughtered or sold, 885 cattle killed or sold, 782 geese, 585 acres of potatoes, 518 occupants of farms, 464 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 443 farm occupants who own their land, 417 bushels of beans, 397 horses aged 3 years and under, 294 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 188 ducks, 168 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 119 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 107 turkeys, 102 acres of turnips, 75 farm occupants who rent their land, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 53 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 38 oxen, 36 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON074008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q11765886
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc,_Ontario_(township)
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc_(Ontario)

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). "Madoc, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/madoc-on074008-1891/.