Muskoka, Ontario (1891 census)

Muskoka was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 797. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.955°N, 79.379°W.

Population

In 1891, Muskoka had a population of 797: 400 male and 397 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Muskoka shared boundaries with:

• Draper
• Gravenhurst, Town—Ville
• Medora & Wood
• Monck
• Morrison

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 797 total population, 400 males, 397 females, 246 married persons, 137 families, 123 married females, 123 married males, 20 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 531 single persons under 18, 270 single males under 18, 261 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 797 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 136 occupied houses, 115 houses, 114 houses built of wood, 109 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 21 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 36,986 pounds of homemade butter, 17,818 bushels of turnips, 17,206 acres of land in farms, 14,471 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,866 bushels of oats, 8,490 bushels of potatoes, 2,735 acres of improved land in farms, 1,931 bushels of peas, 1,712 chickens, 1,693 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,280 tons of hay, 1,077 acres of hay crops, 977 acres of farmland under crops, 839 cattle killed or sold, 797 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 480 acres of oats, 460 other cattle, 450 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 435 sheep, 351 milk cows, 288 bushels of spring wheat, 252 bushels of corn, 234 swine, 193 swine slaughtered or sold, 170 bushels of rye, 134 horses aged over 3 years, 132 occupants of farms, 121 sheep slaughtered or sold, 110 farm occupants who own their land, 110 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 82 acres of potatoes, 66 acres of turnips, 66 bushels of barley, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 64 bushels of beans, 59 geese, 50 turkeys, 47 ducks, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 acres of wheat, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 oxen, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 other fowl, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 acres of barley, 6 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON117007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129014 — 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). "Muskoka, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/muskoka-on117007-1891/.