Metcalfe, Ontario (1891 census)
Metcalfe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,699. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.878°N, 81.729°W.
Population
In 1891, Metcalfe had a population of 1,699: 898 male and 801 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,096 |
| 1861 | 1,746 |
| 1871 | 2,449 |
| 1881 | 2,192 |
| 1891 | 1,699 |
| 1901 | 1,562 |
| 1911 | 1,358 |
| 1921 | 1,192 |
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, Metcalfe shared boundaries with:
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 1,699 total population, 898 males, 801 females, 522 married persons, 364 families, 263 married females, 259 married males, 66 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,111 single persons under 18, 614 single males under 18, 497 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,698 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 363 houses, 363 occupied houses, 284 houses built of wood, 267 houses of 2 stories, 199 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 96 houses of 1 story, 79 houses built of brick, 60 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 85,995 bushels of oats, 69,355 pounds of homemade butter, 61,062 bushels of winter wheat, 48,790 bushels of turnips, 36,789 acres of land in farms, 30,860 acres of improved land in farms, 19,826 acres of farmland under crops, 17,258 bushels of potatoes, 13,681 chickens, 12,892 bushels of peas, 12,722 bushels of barley, 10,933 bushels of corn, 10,701 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,362 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,915 tons of hay, 5,929 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,075 acres of hay crops, 3,928 acres of oats, 3,661 other cattle, 3,454 acres of wheat, 2,344 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,132 sheep, 1,882 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,827 cattle killed or sold, 1,754 swine, 1,625 milk cows, 862 horses aged over 3 years, 811 bushels of spring wheat, 747 acres of barley, 672 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 656 bushels of buckwheat, 586 geese, 432 horses aged 3 years and under, 386 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 367 occupants of farms, 332 turkeys, 319 farm occupants who own their land, 290 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 198 acres of potatoes, 191 bushels of beans, 157 ducks, 148 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 123 acres of turnips, 79 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 74 bushels of rye, 67 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 60 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 53 other fowl, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON093005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128010— 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). "Metcalfe, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/metcalfe-on093005-1891/.