Neebing N, Ontario (1891 census)

Neebing N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,058. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.331°N, 89.352°W.

Population

In 1891, Neebing N had a population of 1,058: 746 male and 312 female residents.

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 NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Neebing, 1901 (64.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Neebing N shared boundaries with:

• Neebing Centre & S
• Port Arthur S
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,058 total population, 746 males, 338 married persons, 312 females, 197 married males, 167 families, 141 married females, 17 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 703 single persons under 18, 537 single males under 18, 166 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 913 persons who are not French Canadian, 145 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 141 occupied houses, 125 houses, 120 houses built of wood, 92 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 33 houses under construction, 32 houses of 1 story, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,465 acres of land in farms, 2,255 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,210 acres of improved land in farms, 2,140 bushels of potatoes, 1,204 chickens, 1,161 acres of farmland under crops, 1,040 bushels of turnips, 1,035 acres of farmland in pasture, 400 bushels of oats, 200 pounds of homemade butter, 149 swine, 104 swine slaughtered or sold, 60 horses aged over 3 years, 51 geese, 50 tons of hay, 35 milk cows, 34 acres of hay crops, 22 farm occupants who own their land, 22 occupants of farms, 20 acres of oats, 18 acres of potatoes, 16 ducks, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 other cattle, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 turkeys, 6 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046034 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046034 — 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). "Neebing N, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/neebing-n-on046034-1891/.