Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Merrickville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Merrickville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,072. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.908°N, 75.839°W.
Population
In 1891, Merrickville, Village had a population of 1,072: 518 male and 554 female residents. Population density was 1067.8 people per square mile.
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, Merrickville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.60 |
| FAM NO | 233 |
| Number of families | 233 |
| Number of females | 554 |
| Number of males | 518 |
| Number of married females | 193 |
| Number of married males | 190 |
| Number of married persons | 383 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 58 |
| POP F | 554 |
| POP M | 518 |
| POP TOT | 1,072 |
| Total population | 1,072 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 321 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 310 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 631 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 10 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,062 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 231 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 58 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 47 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 126 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 176 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 50 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 30 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 146 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 233 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 98 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 508 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 541 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 866 |
| Acres of hay crops | 164 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,472 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,013 |
| Acres of oats | 176 |
| Acres of potatoes | 58 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 18 |
| BAR AC | 1 |
| BAR BU | 30 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 214 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 115 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,069 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,805 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 130 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,716 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 720 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 170 |
| BWT BU | 115 |
| CRN BU | 1,069 |
| HAY AC | 164 |
| HAY TONS | 232 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 159 |
| Number of chickens | 1,072 |
| Number of ducks | 35 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 153 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 73 |
| Number of geese | 26 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 15 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 125 |
| Number of milk cows | 129 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 226 |
| Number of other cattle | 77 |
| Number of other fowl | 46 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 210 |
| Number of sheep | 58 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 142 |
| Number of swine | 84 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 165 |
| Number of turkeys | 15 |
| OAT AC | 176 |
| OAT BU | 3,805 |
| PEA BU | 130 |
| POT AC | 58 |
| POT BU | 5,716 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 222 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 15,427 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 232 |
| WHT AC | 18 |
| WHT FALL BU | 170 |
| WHT SP BU | 60 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BEN BU | 214 |
| BUTTER LB | 15,427 |
| CATTLE KS | 159 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 321 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 310 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 631 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 222 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 15 |
| DUCKS | 35 |
| FAMILIES | 233 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.60 |
| FRN CA | 10 |
| GEESE | 26 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,072 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 125 |
| HOUSES | 231 |
| HOUSES B | 58 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 18 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 30 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 28 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 176 |
| HOUSES S | 47 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 146 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 50 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 126 |
| INF 11 A | 210 |
| MD FEM | 193 |
| MD MALE | 190 |
| MD TOT | 383 |
| MILK COWS | 129 |
| NAME CD | Leeds and Grenville North—Nord |
| OC F | 73 |
| OC P | 153 |
| OC TOT | 226 |
| OTHER FOWL | 46 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 77 |
| OTHERS | 1,062 |
| SHEEP | 58 |
| SHEEP KS | 142 |
| SUP AM | 1,472 |
| SUP FOR | 541 |
| SUP JV | 98 |
| SUP PAT | 508 |
| SUP SC | 866 |
| SUP TOT | 2,013 |
| SWINE | 84 |
| SWINE KS | 165 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 233 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 720 |
| TURKEY | 15 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 40 |
| WID MALE | 18 |
| WID TOT | 58 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON085004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON113009 — 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). "Merrickville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/merrickville-village-on085004-1891/.