Normanby, Ontario (1891 census)

Normanby was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,006. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.063°N, 80.896°W.

Population

In 1891, Normanby had a population of 5,006: 2,506 male and 2,500 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, Normanby shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Bentinck
• Brant
• Carrick
• Egremont
• Minto

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 5,006 total population, 2,506 males, 2,500 females, 1,593 married persons, 918 families, 798 married males, 795 married females, 178 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 49 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,235 single persons under 18, 1,659 single males under 18, 1,576 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,005 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 893 houses, 893 occupied houses, 705 houses built of wood, 698 houses of 1 story, 330 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 212 houses of 4 rooms, 195 houses of 2 stories, 132 houses of 3 rooms, 114 houses of 5 rooms, 105 houses built of brick, 84 houses of 2 rooms, 83 houses built of stone, 34 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 1 room, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 224,556 bushels of oats, 151,877 bushels of turnips, 131,365 pounds of homemade butter, 98,822 bushels of peas, 78,923 bushels of winter wheat, 66,118 acres of land in farms, 63,989 bushels of potatoes, 50,024 acres of improved land in farms, 40,282 acres of farmland under crops, 26,173 chickens, 26,161 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 16,094 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,230 bushels of barley, 11,167 tons of hay, 9,641 acres of oats, 8,879 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,939 acres of hay crops, 6,190 bushels of spring wheat, 6,152 sheep, 5,647 acres of wheat, 4,675 other cattle, 4,336 swine, 4,329 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,321 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,198 milk cows, 2,218 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,896 cattle killed or sold, 1,608 horses aged over 3 years, 1,536 bushels of rye, 1,461 geese, 1,368 bushels of corn, 1,037 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 863 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 829 occupants of farms, 816 ducks, 760 turkeys, 741 farm occupants who own their land, 710 horses aged 3 years and under, 643 acres of barley, 599 acres of potatoes, 503 acres of turnips, 305 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 236 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 201 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 159 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 137 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 113 bushels of beans, 91 other fowl, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 bushels of buckwheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 30, 28 oxen, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 employees on farms. (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: ON069007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON066008 — 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). "Normanby, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/normanby-on069007-1891/.