Matawatchan, Ontario (1891 census)

Matawatchan was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 446. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.181°N, 77.087°W.

Population

In 1891, Matawatchan had a population of 446: 226 male and 220 female residents.

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Griffith, Matawatchan, 1881 (50.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Griffith & Matawatchan, 1901 (50.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Matawatchan shared boundaries with:

• Abinger, Effingham, Ashby & Denbigh
• Brougham
• Clarendon & Miller
• Griffith
• Palmerston & Canonto

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 446 total population, 226 males, 220 females, 130 married persons, 70 families, 65 married females, 65 married males, 13 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 6.40 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 303 single persons under 18, 157 single males under 18, 146 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 263 persons who are not French Canadian, 183 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 67 houses, 67 houses built of wood, 67 occupied houses, 50 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 1 story, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,170 pounds of homemade butter, 12,518 acres of land in farms, 9,662 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,825 bushels of oats, 8,553 bushels of potatoes, 2,856 acres of improved land in farms, 2,088 acres of farmland under crops, 2,007 bushels of peas, 1,792 bushels of spring wheat, 1,680 bushels of turnips, 1,253 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,072 chickens, 862 acres of hay crops, 825 bushels of rye, 736 acres of farmland in pasture, 663 bushels of buckwheat, 620 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 547 tons of hay, 506 acres of oats, 405 sheep, 343 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 288 other cattle, 222 sheep slaughtered or sold, 209 milk cows, 204 bushels of corn, 194 swine, 184 acres of wheat, 167 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 bushels of barley, 131 cattle killed or sold, 119 horses aged over 3 years, 69 acres of potatoes, 68 occupants of farms, 67 farm occupants who own their land, 58 geese, 54 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 bushels of beans, 40 bushels of winter wheat, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of barley, 10 turkeys, 9 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 other fowl, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON115012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115012 — 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). "Matawatchan, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matawatchan-on115012-1891/.