Monteith, Spence & Christie, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Monteith, Spence & Christie (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Monteith, Spence & Christie was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,037. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.442°N, 79.695°W.

Population

In 1891, Monteith, Spence & Christie had a population of 1,037: 568 male and 469 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 Christie, Monteith, 1881 (66.3% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Christie, 1901 (32.8% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Monteith, 1901 (33.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Spence, 1901 (33.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Monteith, Spence & Christie shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,037 total population, 568 males, 469 females, 338 married persons, 207 families, 169 married females, 169 married males, 30 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 9 widowed females, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 669 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 291 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,034 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 200 houses, 200 houses built of wood, 200 occupied houses, 185 houses of 1 story, 44 houses of 2 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 1 room, 21 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,294 pounds of homemade butter, 40,022 acres of land in farms, 34,338 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,696 bushels of oats, 17,321 bushels of potatoes, 12,357 bushels of turnips, 5,684 acres of improved land in farms, 4,969 acres of farmland under crops, 3,721 bushels of peas, 3,408 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,333 tons of hay, 2,278 acres of hay crops, 2,276 chickens, 1,093 acres of oats, 698 sheep, 694 other cattle, 657 acres of farmland in pasture, 503 bushels of spring wheat, 433 milk cows, 424 sheep slaughtered or sold, 390 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 339 bushels of rye, 335 swine slaughtered or sold, 313 swine, 304 bushels of barley, 237 cattle killed or sold, 225 occupants of farms, 213 farm occupants who own their land, 169 horses aged over 3 years, 126 acres of potatoes, 114 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 79 geese, 75 bushels of buckwheat, 67 acres of turnips, 65 acres of wheat, 59 oxen, 58 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 44 horses aged 3 years and under, 38 turkeys, 32 bushels of corn, 26 acres of barley, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 ducks, 3 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095019 — 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). "Monteith, Spence & Christie, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/monteith-spence-christie-on095019-1891/.