March, Ontario (1891 census)
March was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,264. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.375°N, 75.962°W.
Population
In 1891, March had a population of 1,264: 657 male and 607 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,125 |
| 1861 | 1,454 |
| 1871 | 1,347 |
| 1881 | 1,318 |
| 1891 | 1,264 |
| 1901 | 1,184 |
| 1911 | 967 |
| 1921 | 894 |
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, March shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,264 total population, 657 males, 607 females, 370 married persons, 223 families, 185 married females, 185 married males, 33 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 861 single persons under 18, 457 single males under 18, 404 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,238 persons who are not French Canadian, 26 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 221 occupied houses, 217 houses, 199 houses built of wood, 116 houses of 1 story, 106 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 101 houses of 2 stories, 42 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 13 houses built of stone, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses built of brick, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 74,125 pounds of homemade butter, 60,654 bushels of oats, 36,320 bushels of turnips, 24,657 acres of land in farms, 23,238 bushels of potatoes, 17,977 acres of improved land in farms, 16,800 bushels of spring wheat, 11,497 bushels of peas, 9,202 acres of farmland under crops, 8,729 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,153 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,711 chickens, 6,680 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,905 bushels of barley, 3,579 tons of hay, 2,945 acres of hay crops, 2,824 acres of oats, 1,623 cattle killed or sold, 1,548 bushels of rye, 1,532 bushels of buckwheat, 1,445 acres of wheat, 1,355 sheep, 1,333 other cattle, 1,005 milk cows, 901 sheep slaughtered or sold, 802 swine slaughtered or sold, 517 horses aged over 3 years, 482 swine, 425 geese, 342 bushels of corn, 296 turkeys, 275 horses aged 3 years and under, 235 acres of barley, 223 bushels of beans, 219 occupants of farms, 211 acres of potatoes, 179 farm occupants who own their land, 105 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 101 ducks, 93 acres of turnips, 81 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 60 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 other fowl, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Wentworth Monk | 1827–1896 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105006— 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). "March, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/march-on055002-1891/.