Nottawasaga, Ontario (1891 census)

Nottawasaga was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,060. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262471. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.386°N, 80.166°W.

Population

In 1891, Nottawasaga had a population of 6,060: 3,130 male and 2,930 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, Nottawasaga shared boundaries with:

• Collingwood
• Collingwood, Town—Ville
• Creemore, VL
• Melancthon
• Mulmur
• Osprey
• Stayner, T-V
• Sunnidale
• Tossorontio

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 6,060 total population, 3,130 males, 2,930 females, 1,770 married persons, 1,047 families, 885 married females, 885 married males, 209 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 80 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,081 single persons under 18, 2,165 single males under 18, 1,916 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,041 persons who are not French Canadian, 19 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,032 occupied houses, 1,022 houses, 894 houses built of wood, 555 houses of 2 stories, 466 houses of 1 story, 466 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 169 houses of 4 rooms, 144 houses of 5 rooms, 117 houses of 3 rooms, 116 houses built of brick, 56 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 56 houses of 2 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 12 houses built of stone, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 9 houses of 1 room, 6 houses under construction, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 274,268 pounds of homemade butter, 196,104 bushels of oats, 147,758 bushels of turnips, 107,894 bushels of winter wheat, 107,561 bushels of spring wheat, 102,875 bushels of peas, 96,217 bushels of potatoes, 86,703 acres of land in farms, 68,281 acres of improved land in farms, 57,166 bushels of barley, 54,168 acres of farmland under crops, 30,167 chickens, 25,877 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 18,422 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,602 acres of wheat, 12,658 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,177 tons of hay, 9,787 acres of hay crops, 8,500 acres of oats, 6,238 sheep, 6,099 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,772 swine, 5,011 other cattle, 4,396 bushels of corn, 3,432 milk cows, 3,059 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,939 acres of barley, 2,695 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,295 cattle killed or sold, 2,237 horses aged over 3 years, 1,525 geese, 1,455 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,210 bushels of rye, 1,068 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,036 horses aged 3 years and under, 1,032 occupants of farms, 820 acres of potatoes, 817 ducks, 815 farm occupants who own their land, 670 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 599 turkeys, 461 acres of turnips, 406 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 385 bushels of beans, 317 bushels of buckwheat, 256 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 217 farm occupants who rent their land, 169 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 158 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 99 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 77, 49 oxen, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON118005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262471

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). "Nottawasaga, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nottawasaga-on118005-1891/.