Mountain, Ontario (1891 census)
Mountain was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,422. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.054°N, 75.458°W.
Population
In 1891, Mountain had a population of 3,422: 1,714 male and 1,708 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,764 |
| 1861 | 3,683 |
| 1871 | 3,259 |
| 1881 | 3,719 |
| 1891 | 3,422 |
| 1901 | 3,427 |
| 1911 | 3,077 |
| 1921 | 2,965 |
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, Mountain shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,422 total population, 1,714 males, 1,708 females, 1,152 married persons, 701 families, 576 married females, 576 married males, 174 widowed persons, 114 widowed females, 60 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,096 single persons under 18, 1,078 single males under 18, 1,018 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,350 persons who are not French Canadian, 72 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 688 occupied houses, 687 houses, 619 houses of 1 story, 564 houses built of wood, 313 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 88 houses built of brick, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 76 houses of 5 rooms, 73 houses of 2 rooms, 70 houses of 3 rooms, 68 houses of 2 stories, 58 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 44 uninhabited houses, 35 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 174,528 pounds of homemade butter, 111,228 bushels of oats, 67,878 bushels of potatoes, 51,936 acres of land in farms, 39,650 acres of improved land in farms, 27,623 acres of farmland under crops, 27,021 chickens, 16,183 bushels of barley, 13,043 bushels of buckwheat, 12,286 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,578 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,174 bushels of corn, 9,776 tons of hay, 9,285 acres of hay crops, 8,328 acres of oats, 7,985 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,667 bushels of turnips, 7,454 bushels of spring wheat, 4,589 bushels of rye, 3,378 milk cows, 3,066 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,881 sheep, 2,850 bushels of peas, 2,075 swine, 2,007 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,828 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,621 other cattle, 1,521 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,442 horses aged over 3 years, 1,378 acres of barley, 1,154 geese, 914 acres of wheat, 878 cattle killed or sold, 685 occupants of farms, 663 acres of potatoes, 597 farm occupants who own their land, 590 horses aged 3 years and under, 577 ducks, 521 turkeys, Capacity of silos (tons): 513, 449 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 285 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 281 bushels of winter wheat, 265 bushels of beans, 217 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 168 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 156 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 115 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 88 farm occupants who rent their land, 78 other fowl, 33 acres of turnips, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Blow | 1862–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON057005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107002— 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). "Mountain, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mountain-on057005-1891/.