Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,480. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.426°N, 79.893°W.

Population

In 1891, Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell had a population of 1,480: 797 male and 683 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 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Caldwell, 1901 (12.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sturgeon Falls, T-V, 1901 (0.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Grant & part Field, 1901 (6.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Badgerow, Field, Gibbons & Bastedo (parts), 1901 (29.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Springer, 1901 (15.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,480 total population, 797 males, 683 females, 514 married persons, 258 families, 258 married males, 256 married females, 27 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 939 single persons under 18, 533 single males under 18, 406 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 870 French Canadians, 610 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 252 occupied houses, 209 houses, 209 houses built of wood, 184 houses of 1 story, 56 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 43 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,136 acres of land in farms, 25,078 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,639 bushels of potatoes, 11,528 pounds of homemade butter, 4,766 bushels of oats, 2,987 bushels of peas, 2,358 bushels of turnips, 2,171 chickens, 2,058 acres of improved land in farms, 1,130 acres of farmland under crops, 867 acres of farmland in pasture, 538 acres of hay crops, 525 tons of hay, 258 acres of oats, 248 bushels of corn, 242 bushels of buckwheat, 203 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 190 swine, 189 other cattle, 188 occupants of farms, 186 milk cows, 181 farm occupants who own their land, 161 acres of potatoes, 131 horses aged over 3 years, 120 bushels of barley, 77 other fowl, 70 geese, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 49 ducks, 45 oxen, 44 bushels of beans, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 turkeys, 40 bushels of spring wheat, 39 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 sheep, 30 cattle killed or sold, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 swine slaughtered or sold, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 bushels of rye, 7 acres of barley, 6 bushels of winter wheat, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 acres of wheat, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON096007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON096007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nipissing-indian-reserve-springer-field-badgerow-caldwell-on096007-1891/.