Nassagaweya, Ontario (1891 census)

Nassagaweya was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.533°N, 80.036°W.

Population

In 1891, Nassagaweya had a population of 2,809: 1,448 male and 1,361 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, Nassagaweya shared boundaries with:

• Eramosa
• Esquesing
• Flamborough E
• Nelson
• Puslinch

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 2,809 total population, 1,448 males, 1,361 females, 891 married persons, 522 families, 447 married males, 444 married females, 114 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 45 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,804 single persons under 18, 956 single males under 18, 848 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,806 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 490 occupied houses, 487 houses, 373 houses of 1 story, 361 houses built of wood, 272 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 113 houses of 2 stories, 112 houses built of stone, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 250,692 bushels of turnips, 146,799 pounds of homemade butter, 103,704 bushels of oats, 55,171 bushels of winter wheat, 46,503 bushels of peas, 42,150 acres of land in farms, 31,421 bushels of potatoes, 31,194 acres of improved land in farms, 29,312 bushels of barley, 23,813 acres of farmland under crops, 13,293 chickens, 11,096 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,956 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,608 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,368 tons of hay, 5,211 bushels of spring wheat, 4,124 acres of hay crops, 3,973 acres of oats, 3,719 acres of wheat, 3,413 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,694 other cattle, 2,684 swine, 2,240 sheep, 1,799 bushels of corn, 1,524 milk cows, 1,302 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,224 acres of barley, 1,221 cattle killed or sold, 1,191 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,168 horses aged over 3 years, 773 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 660 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 656 geese, 599 acres of turnips, 473 horses aged 3 years and under, 470 occupants of farms, 424 ducks, 399 turkeys, 375 farm occupants who own their land, 361 acres of potatoes, 231 bushels of rye, 205 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 105 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 95 farm occupants who rent their land, 91 bushels of beans, 79 oxen, 59 bushels of buckwheat, 45 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 other fowl. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON071006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117002 — 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). "Nassagaweya, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nassagaweya-on071006-1891/.