Maryborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Maryborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,546. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262167. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.756°N, 80.746°W.

Population

In 1891, Maryborough had a population of 3,546: 1,843 male and 1,703 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, Maryborough shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Minto
• Mornington
• Peel
• Wallace

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,546 total population, 1,843 males, 1,703 females, 1,186 married persons, 687 families, 593 married females, 593 married males, 135 widowed persons, 79 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,225 single persons under 18, 1,194 single males under 18, 1,031 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,536 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 675 occupied houses, 674 houses, 537 houses built of wood, 348 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 340 houses of 1 story, 332 houses of 2 stories, 111 houses built of brick, 109 houses of 4 rooms, 88 houses of 5 rooms, 66 houses of 3 rooms, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses built of stone, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 238,900 bushels of oats, 113,073 pounds of homemade butter, 112,648 bushels of barley, 68,380 bushels of turnips, 58,571 acres of land in farms, 51,126 bushels of peas, 46,852 acres of improved land in farms, 42,478 bushels of potatoes, 38,086 acres of farmland under crops, 24,001 bushels of winter wheat, 22,393 bushels of spring wheat, 20,752 chickens, 16,602 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,466 tons of hay, 11,719 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,133 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,048 acres of oats, 7,335 acres of hay crops, 6,870 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,896 acres of barley, 4,633 swine, 3,526 sheep, 3,468 other cattle, 2,990 acres of wheat, 2,982 milk cows, 2,175 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,747 cattle killed or sold, 1,563 horses aged over 3 years, 1,365 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 967 geese, 661 horses aged 3 years and under, 636 occupants of farms, 633 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 550 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 506 farm occupants who own their land, 495 bushels of corn, 414 acres of potatoes, 370 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 352 turkeys, 330 ducks, 258 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 243 acres of turnips, 150 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 144 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 130 farm occupants who rent their land, 104 other fowl, 61 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 bushels of buckwheat, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON126006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262167

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). "Maryborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/maryborough-on126006-1891/.