Mississagua, Ontario (1891 census)

Mississagua was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 789. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.265°N, 83.066°W.

Population

In 1891, Mississagua had a population of 789: 447 male and 342 female residents.

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 contained Lefroy, 1881 (0.7% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Mississagua River, 1881 (63.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Thompson, 1901 (21.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Patton, 1901 (25.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Mississagua shared boundaries with:

• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 789 total population, 447 males, 342 females, 272 married persons, 160 families, 137 married females, 135 married males, 30 widowed persons, 16 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 487 single persons under 18, 296 single males under 18, 191 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 661 persons who are not French Canadian, 128 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 159 occupied houses, 125 houses, 125 houses built of wood, 109 houses of 1 story, 34 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 1 room, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,541 acres of land in farms, 12,288 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,523 bushels of potatoes, 5,536 pounds of homemade butter, 3,935 bushels of turnips, 2,383 bushels of oats, 1,253 acres of improved land in farms, 1,062 acres of farmland under crops, 850 chickens, 749 bushels of peas, 389 tons of hay, 374 acres of hay crops, 200 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 165 bushels of spring wheat, 158 acres of oats, 149 acres of farmland in pasture, 149 bushels of barley, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 103 occupants of farms, 76 milk cows, 74 farm occupants who own their land, 72 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 66 other cattle, 62 horses aged over 3 years, 56 swine, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 acres of potatoes, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 swine slaughtered or sold, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 geese, 26 cattle killed or sold, 22 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 oxen, 18 sheep, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 acres of wheat, 16 ducks, 15 acres of turnips, 15 turkeys, 12 bushels of corn, 9 acres of barley, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046014 — 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). "Mississagua, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mississagua-on046014-1891/.