Manvers, Ontario (1891 census)

Manvers was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,047. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.165°N, 78.644°W.

Population

In 1891, Manvers had a population of 4,047: 2,081 male and 1,966 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, Manvers shared boundaries with:

• Cartwright
• Cavan
• Clarke
• Darlington
• Emily
• Mariposa
• Ops

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 4,047 total population, 2,081 males, 1,966 females, 1,323 married persons, 787 families, 662 married males, 661 married females, 133 widowed persons, 84 widowed females, 49 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,591 single persons under 18, 1,370 single males under 18, 1,221 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,047 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 784 houses, 784 occupied houses, 702 houses of 1 story, 665 houses built of wood, 368 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 201 houses of 4 rooms, 114 houses of 5 rooms, 108 houses built of brick, 81 houses of 2 stories, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 372,919 bushels of turnips, 167,994 bushels of oats, 130,352 pounds of homemade butter, 88,428 bushels of spring wheat, 81,519 bushels of barley, 81,360 bushels of potatoes, 60,970 acres of land in farms, 47,303 bushels of peas, 43,493 acres of improved land in farms, 36,293 acres of farmland under crops, 25,611 chickens, 17,477 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,774 bushels of rye, 12,654 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,344 bushels of buckwheat, 8,162 acres of wheat, 7,567 acres of oats, 6,951 tons of hay, 6,577 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,288 bushels of winter wheat, 5,542 acres of hay crops, 4,962 acres of barley, 3,878 swine, 2,733 other cattle, 2,722 sheep, 2,479 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,705 milk cows, 1,603 horses aged over 3 years, 1,256 bushels of corn, 1,135 geese, 937 sheep slaughtered or sold, 873 cattle killed or sold, 838 acres of turnips, 772 occupants of farms, 742 acres of potatoes, 623 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 614 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 578 turkeys, 571 horses aged 3 years and under, 570 farm occupants who own their land, 490 bushels of beans, 305 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 247 ducks, 245 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 243 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 201 farm occupants who rent their land, 145 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 120 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 other fowl, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108006 — 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). "Manvers, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/manvers-on058003-1891/.