Morrisburg, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Morrisburg, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,859. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q11883244. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.903°N, 75.183°W.
Population
In 1891, Morrisburg, Village had a population of 1,859: 879 male and 980 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 855 |
| 1871 | 1,156 |
| 1881 | 1,719 |
| 1891 | 1,859 |
| 1901 | 1,693 |
| 1911 | 1,696 |
| 1921 | 1,444 |
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, Morrisburg, Village 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 1,859 total population, 980 females, 879 males, 628 married persons, 379 families, 322 married females, 306 married males, 91 widowed persons, 68 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,140 single persons under 18, 590 single females under 18, 550 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,782 persons who are not French Canadian, 77 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 378 houses, 378 occupied houses, 253 houses of 2 stories, 223 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 202 houses built of brick, 170 houses built of wood, 111 houses of 1 story, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 3 stories, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,165 pounds of homemade butter, 4,815 bushels of oats, 4,484 bushels of potatoes, 2,771 acres of land in farms, 1,867 acres of improved land in farms, 1,778 chickens, 1,285 acres of farmland under crops, 925 bushels of turnips, 904 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 851 tons of hay, 613 acres of hay crops, 487 bushels of corn, 456 acres of farmland in pasture, 425 bushels of barley, 365 bushels of buckwheat, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 253 acres of oats, 247 milk cows, 222 horses aged over 3 years, 162 bushels of peas, 144 swine, 126 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 120 occupants of farms, 96 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 94 ducks, 93 farm occupants who own their land, 71 swine slaughtered or sold, 65 bushels of spring wheat, 51 other cattle, 50 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 47 acres of potatoes, 39 geese, 32 acres of barley, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 bushels of beans, 19 turkeys, 18 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 15 cattle killed or sold, 15 sheep, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 acres of wheat, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON057004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q11883244
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisburg,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisburg
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). "Morrisburg, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/morrisburg-village-on057004-1891/.