Monteagle & Herschell, Ontario (1891 census)
Monteagle & Herschell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,552. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.160°N, 77.908°W.
Population
In 1891, Monteagle & Herschell had a population of 1,552: 830 male and 722 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,072 |
| 1891 | 1,552 |
| 1901 | 1,891 |
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, Monteagle & Herschell shared boundaries with:
- Bangor, McClure & Wicklow
- Cardiff
- Carlow
- Dungannon
- Faraday
- Harcourt, Dudley, Dysart, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Clyde, Eyre, Havelock, Livingstone, Lawrence & Nightingale
- Mayo
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,552 total population, 830 males, 722 females, 467 married persons, 288 families, 235 married females, 232 married males, 45 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,040 single persons under 18, 577 single males under 18, 463 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,537 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 284 houses, 284 houses built of wood, 284 occupied houses, 281 houses of 1 story, 95 houses of 2 rooms, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 1 room, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 51,546 bushels of oats, 46,875 pounds of homemade butter, 44,643 acres of land in farms, 34,828 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,953 bushels of potatoes, 14,763 bushels of turnips, 11,440 bushels of peas, 9,815 acres of improved land in farms, 8,028 acres of farmland under crops, 6,672 bushels of spring wheat, 5,755 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,258 chickens, 3,315 acres of hay crops, 2,709 tons of hay, 2,643 acres of oats, 2,542 bushels of barley, 1,671 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,540 sheep, 1,217 bushels of rye, 1,200 other cattle, 928 milk cows, 745 swine, 654 acres of wheat, 584 sheep slaughtered or sold, 577 swine slaughtered or sold, 505 cattle killed or sold, 488 bushels of buckwheat, 351 horses aged over 3 years, 278 occupants of farms, 272 farm occupants who own their land, 206 geese, 203 acres of potatoes, 172 acres of barley, 153 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 145 turkeys, 116 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 114 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 103 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 102 horses aged 3 years and under, 84 oxen, 80 bushels of corn, 77 acres of turnips, 42 bushels of beans, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 ducks, 36 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 other fowl, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON074012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON071013_1881— 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). "Monteagle & Herschell, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/monteagle-herschell-on074012-1891/.