Mills, Ontario (1891 census)
Mills was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 188. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.768°N, 82.481°W.
Population
In 1891, Mills had a population of 188: 99 male and 89 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 188 |
| 1901 | 269 |
| 1911 | 205 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Gordon, Mills, 1881 (47.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Mills shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 188 total population, 99 males, 89 females, 55 married persons, 35 families, 28 married females, 27 married males, 5.30 average size of families, 5 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 128 single persons under 18, 68 single males under 18, 60 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 187 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 35 houses, 35 houses built of wood, 35 houses of 1 story, 35 occupied houses, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,043 pounds of homemade butter, 9,335 acres of land in farms, 7,850 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,554 bushels of peas, 2,884 bushels of potatoes, 2,286 bushels of oats, 1,740 bushels of spring wheat, 1,485 acres of improved land in farms, 1,305 acres of farmland under crops, 1,128 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 961 bushels of turnips, 756 chickens, 386 tons of hay, 355 acres of hay crops, 276 sheep, 235 swine, 197 other cattle, 176 acres of wheat, 160 acres of farmland in pasture, 157 swine slaughtered or sold, 142 acres of oats, 92 milk cows, 90 bushels of winter wheat, 87 turkeys, 74 sheep slaughtered or sold, 57 geese, 55 cattle killed or sold, 50 bushels of corn, 50 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 48 ducks, 37 farm occupants who own their land, 37 occupants of farms, 35 horses aged over 3 years, 34 bushels of barley, 31 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 oxen, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 acres of potatoes, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 4 acres of barley, 3 bushels of beans, 3 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046058— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054041— 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). "Mills, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mills-on046058-1891/.