McKillop, Ontario (1891 census)

McKillop was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,086. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6801880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.599°N, 81.310°W.

Population

In 1891, McKillop had a population of 3,086: 1,515 male and 1,571 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, McKillop shared boundaries with:

• Grey
• Hibbert
• Hullett
• Logan
• Morris
• Tuckersmith

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 3,086 total population, 1,571 females, 1,515 males, 926 married persons, 561 families, 463 married females, 463 married males, 113 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,047 single persons under 18, 1,041 single females under 18, 1,006 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,085 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 559 houses, 559 occupied houses, 516 houses of 1 story, 449 houses built of wood, 258 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 110 houses of 4 rooms, 85 houses built of brick, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 42 houses of 2 stories, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses built of stone, 23 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 231,307 bushels of oats, 176,216 pounds of homemade butter, 175,064 bushels of turnips, 60,874 bushels of winter wheat, 53,794 bushels of barley, 49,711 acres of land in farms, 49,089 bushels of peas, 42,745 acres of improved land in farms, 35,806 bushels of potatoes, 29,475 acres of farmland under crops, 24,001 chickens, 15,055 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,806 tons of hay, 12,679 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,041 sheep slaughtered or sold, 7,520 acres of oats, 7,504 acres of hay crops, 6,966 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,302 bushels of spring wheat, 4,696 other cattle, 3,403 acres of wheat, 3,324 sheep, 3,109 bushels of corn, 2,650 swine, 2,576 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,524 cattle killed or sold, 2,162 acres of barley, 1,819 milk cows, 1,279 horses aged over 3 years, 1,200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,083 geese, 875 horses aged 3 years and under, 538 occupants of farms, 507 ducks, 502 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 454 farm occupants who own their land, 432 acres of turnips, 393 turkeys, 323 acres of potatoes, Capacity of silos (tons): 290, 200 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 117 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 86 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 83 farm occupants who rent their land, 81 other fowl, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 bushels of beans, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON077004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119008_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6801880
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKillop,_Ontario

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). "McKillop, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mckillop-on077004-1891/.