Ops, Ontario (1891 census)

Ops was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,926. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.326°N, 78.715°W.

Population

In 1891, Ops had a population of 2,926: 1,547 male and 1,379 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, Ops shared boundaries with:

• Emily
• Fenelon
• Lindsay, Town—Ville
• Manvers
• Mariposa

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 2,926 total population, 1,547 males, 1,379 females, 842 married persons, 518 families, 421 married females, 421 married males, 108 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,976 single persons under 18, 1,088 single males under 18, 888 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,924 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 510 occupied houses, 508 houses, 480 houses of 1 story, 371 houses built of wood, 287 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 128 houses built of brick, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 43 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 186,909 bushels of oats, 185,579 bushels of barley, 181,924 bushels of turnips, 114,135 pounds of homemade butter, 64,280 bushels of potatoes, 60,912 bushels of spring wheat, 54,107 acres of land in farms, 44,618 acres of improved land in farms, 40,958 bushels of peas, 36,445 acres of farmland under crops, 24,933 chickens, 11,948 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,489 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,251 acres of barley, 8,679 bushels of buckwheat, 7,659 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,958 acres of oats, 6,667 tons of hay, 5,123 acres of hay crops, 5,030 acres of wheat, 4,198 bushels of winter wheat, 3,284 sheep, 2,601 other cattle, 2,513 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,226 swine, 2,206 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,077 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,712 milk cows, 1,552 cattle killed or sold, 1,443 horses aged over 3 years, 1,317 geese, 1,030 bushels of corn, 816 turkeys, 665 horses aged 3 years and under, 631 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 630 ducks, 529 acres of potatoes, 514 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 506 occupants of farms, 486 bushels of beans, 454 acres of turnips, 357 farm occupants who own their land, 208 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 147 farm occupants who rent their land, 137 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 118 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 82 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 bushels of rye, 47 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 oxen, 2 employees on farms, 1 pounds of fine wool produced 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: ON122006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262505
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ops_Township

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). "Ops, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ops-on122006-1891/.