Oneida, Ontario (1891 census)

Oneida was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262501. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.006°N, 79.973°W.

Population

In 1891, Oneida had a population of 2,400: 1,262 male and 1,138 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, Oneida shared boundaries with:

• Cayuga N
• Onondaga
• Seneca
• Tuscarora
• Walpole

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 2,400 total population, 1,262 males, 1,138 females, 712 married persons, 448 families, 359 married females, 353 married males, 107 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,581 single persons under 18, 871 single males under 18, 710 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,392 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 447 occupied houses, 441 houses, 373 houses built of wood, 237 houses of 2 stories, 215 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 200 houses of 1 story, 57 houses built of brick, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 11 houses built of stone, 6 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 177,708 pounds of homemade butter, 92,623 bushels of oats, 79,146 bushels of winter wheat, 50,681 bushels of peas, 40,405 acres of land in farms, 38,736 bushels of barley, 32,578 acres of improved land in farms, 28,778 acres of farmland under crops, 15,439 chickens, 13,808 bushels of turnips, 10,667 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,532 tons of hay, 9,468 bushels of potatoes, 8,386 bushels of spring wheat, 8,065 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,827 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,554 acres of hay crops, 5,511 acres of wheat, 4,009 acres of oats, 3,789 swine, 3,408 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,259 bushels of corn, 3,090 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,542 sheep, 2,399 acres of barley, 2,187 other cattle, 1,500 milk cows, 1,215 ducks, 1,188 horses aged over 3 years, 1,161 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,048 turkeys, 948 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 855 geese, 785 cattle killed or sold, 710 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 557 horses aged 3 years and under, 429 occupants of farms, 382 bushels of rye, 362 farm occupants who own their land, 174 bushels of buckwheat, 147 acres of potatoes, 133 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 124 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 66 farm occupants who rent their land, 57 bushels of beans, 56 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 other fowl, 51 acres of turnips, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 oxen, 1 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: ON070005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262501

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). "Oneida, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oneida-on070005-1891/.