Medonte, Ontario (1891 census)

Medonte was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,514. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.632°N, 79.667°W.

Population

In 1891, Medonte had a population of 4,514: 2,351 male and 2,163 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, Medonte shared boundaries with:

• Flos
• Orillia
• Oro
• Tay

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,514 total population, 2,351 males, 2,163 females, 1,434 married persons, 831 families, 717 married females, 717 married males, 144 widowed persons, 97 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,936 single persons under 18, 1,587 single males under 18, 1,349 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,503 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 817 occupied houses, 816 houses, 777 houses of 1 story, 743 houses built of wood, 349 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 150 houses of 4 rooms, 125 houses of 5 rooms, 102 houses of 3 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 58 houses of 2 rooms, 45 uninhabited houses, 38 houses of 2 stories, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses under construction, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 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 191,208 pounds of homemade butter, 129,814 bushels of oats, 94,198 bushels of potatoes, 81,617 bushels of turnips, 63,688 acres of land in farms, 51,581 bushels of peas, 33,849 acres of improved land in farms, 33,445 bushels of spring wheat, 29,839 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 26,715 acres of farmland under crops, 25,183 bushels of winter wheat, 19,012 chickens, 11,562 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,796 bushels of barley, 8,412 tons of hay, 7,001 acres of hay crops, 6,326 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,797 acres of oats, 4,662 bushels of corn, 4,583 acres of wheat, 3,408 other cattle, 3,287 sheep, 2,633 swine, 2,398 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,021 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,942 milk cows, 1,797 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,657 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,373 horses aged over 3 years, 1,263 geese, 1,163 cattle killed or sold, 1,153 bushels of rye, 1,139 bushels of buckwheat, 829 occupants of farms, 808 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 759 turkeys, 710 acres of potatoes, 668 farm occupants who own their land, 486 horses aged 3 years and under, 463 acres of barley, 447 ducks, 395 bushels of beans, 302 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 260 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 243 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 219 acres of turnips, 177 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 155 farm occupants who rent their land, 116 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 69 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 oxen, 6 employees on farms. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON117003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262292

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). "Medonte, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/medonte-on117003-1891/.