Osgoode, Ontario (1891 census)

Osgoode was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,858. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4337550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.208°N, 75.515°W.

Population

In 1891, Osgoode had a population of 4,858: 2,519 male and 2,339 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, Osgoode shared boundaries with:

• Cumberland
• Gloucester
• Gower S
• Mountain
• North Gower
• Russell
• Winchester

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 4,858 total population, 2,519 males, 2,339 females, 1,412 married persons, 889 families, 706 married females, 706 married males, 202 widowed persons, 134 widowed females, 68 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,244 single persons under 18, 1,745 single males under 18, 1,499 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,766 persons who are not French Canadian, 92 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 874 houses, 874 occupied houses, 777 houses built of wood, 469 houses of 2 stories, 403 houses of 1 story, 364 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 248 houses of 4 rooms, 98 houses of 2 rooms, 74 houses built of brick, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 49 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of stone, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 7 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 244,412 bushels of oats, 193,923 pounds of homemade butter, 142,857 bushels of potatoes, 85,571 acres of land in farms, 54,683 acres of improved land in farms, 38,483 acres of farmland under crops, 30,888 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27,634 chickens, 18,825 bushels of spring wheat, 18,569 bushels of turnips, 17,656 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 15,869 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,482 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,799 acres of oats, 13,524 bushels of buckwheat, 13,069 bushels of barley, 12,670 bushels of peas, 9,732 bushels of rye, 9,374 tons of hay, 9,341 acres of hay crops, 6,853 bushels of corn, 6,434 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,085 turkeys, 4,479 sheep, 4,409 milk cows, 3,619 geese, 2,998 other cattle, 2,798 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,747 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,036 swine, 2,032 acres of wheat, 1,908 horses aged over 3 years, 1,520 bushels of beans, 1,348 acres of potatoes, 1,221 cattle killed or sold, 910 ducks, 810 occupants of farms, 785 horses aged 3 years and under, 774 acres of barley, 738 farm occupants who own their land, 331 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 325 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 214 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 167 other fowl, 158 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, Capacity of silos (tons): 118, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 109 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 89 bushels of winter wheat, 78 acres of turnips, 72 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON116006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4337550
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgoode_Township
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgoode_(Ontario)

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). "Osgoode, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/osgoode-on116006-1891/.