McGillivray, Ontario (1891 census)

McGillivray was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,503. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.206°N, 81.596°W.

Population

In 1891, McGillivray had a population of 3,503: 1,788 male and 1,715 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, McGillivray shared boundaries with:

• Ailsa Craig, VL
• Biddulph
• Bosanquet
• London
• Stephen
• Williams E
• Williams W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,503 total population, 1,788 males, 1,715 females, 1,158 married persons, 695 families, 582 married males, 576 married females, 139 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 53 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,206 single persons under 18, 1,153 single males under 18, 1,053 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,501 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 682 occupied houses, 681 houses, 543 houses of 1 story, 536 houses built of wood, 335 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 143 houses built of brick, 137 houses of 2 stories, 118 houses of 4 rooms, 94 houses of 5 rooms, 76 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 190,847 bushels of oats, 159,250 pounds of homemade butter, 141,324 bushels of winter wheat, 60,595 acres of land in farms, 52,309 bushels of turnips, 51,380 acres of improved land in farms, 49,668 bushels of barley, 40,610 bushels of peas, 36,141 acres of farmland under crops, 30,979 chickens, 18,477 bushels of potatoes, 14,436 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,232 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,979 tons of hay, 9,215 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,479 acres of wheat, 6,752 acres of oats, 6,580 bushels of corn, 6,463 acres of hay crops, 4,359 other cattle, 3,398 sheep, 3,104 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,777 cattle killed or sold, 2,776 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,722 swine, 2,361 acres of barley, 2,235 geese, 2,062 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,994 milk cows, 1,649 horses aged over 3 years, 1,629 turkeys, 1,416 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,056 horses aged 3 years and under, 911 ducks, 850 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 803 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 653 occupants of farms, 527 farm occupants who own their land, 295 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 255 acres of potatoes, 152 acres of turnips, 150 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 122 farm occupants who rent their land, 113 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 other fowl, 74 bushels of beans, 73 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of rye, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON091005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262232

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). "McGillivray, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mcgillivray-on091005-1891/.