Napanee, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Napanee, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,433. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.248°N, 76.962°W.

Population

In 1891, Napanee, T-V had a population of 3,433: 1,703 male and 1,730 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).

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 was contained in Napanee, T-V, 1881 (34.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Napanee, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Richmond

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,433 total population, 1,730 females, 1,703 males, 1,232 married persons, 743 families, 624 married males, 608 married females, 221 widowed persons, 170 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,980 single persons under 18, 1,028 single males under 18, 952 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,422 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 738 houses, 738 occupied houses, 490 houses built of wood, 482 houses of 1 story, 446 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 239 houses of 2 stories, 237 houses built of brick, 87 houses of 5 rooms, 81 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 48 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of over 15 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 3 stories, 11 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,244 pounds of homemade butter, 6,593 bushels of spring wheat, 5,820 bushels of oats, 5,280 bushels of barley, 4,722 bushels of potatoes, 3,608 chickens, 2,817 acres of land in farms, 2,488 acres of improved land in farms, 1,845 acres of farmland under crops, 983 bushels of turnips, 871 tons of hay, 870 bushels of corn, 687 acres of hay crops, 626 bushels of peas, 589 acres of wheat, 559 acres of farmland in pasture, 505 bushels of buckwheat, 354 horses aged over 3 years, 351 swine, 343 acres of barley, 329 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 296 acres of oats, 290 milk cows, 235 bushels of winter wheat, 202 swine slaughtered or sold, 200 bushels of rye, 200 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 174 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 151 other cattle, 126 occupants of farms, 111 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 108 ducks, 91 sheep, 89 farm occupants who own their land, 84 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 69 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 68 bushels of beans, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 51 acres of potatoes, 37 farm occupants who rent their land, 36 turkeys, 29 geese, 13 cattle killed or sold, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 other fowl, 3 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON087007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON125007_1911 — 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). "Napanee, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/napanee-t-v-on087007-1891/.