Osprey, Ontario (1891 census)

Osprey was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,314. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7107381. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.314°N, 80.346°W.

Population

In 1891, Osprey had a population of 3,314: 1,752 male and 1,562 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, Osprey shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Collingwood
• Melancthon
• Nottawasaga

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,314 total population, 1,752 males, 1,562 females, 997 married persons, 625 families, 499 married females, 498 married males, 141 widowed persons, 87 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,176 single persons under 18, 1,200 single males under 18, 976 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,313 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 622 houses, 622 occupied houses, 592 houses built of wood, 356 houses of 2 stories, 265 houses of 1 story, 203 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 179 houses of 4 rooms, 90 houses of 3 rooms, 82 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of brick, 18 houses of 1 room, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 298,497 bushels of oats, 165,945 pounds of homemade butter, 82,307 bushels of turnips, 80,548 bushels of peas, 70,446 bushels of potatoes, 65,113 acres of land in farms, 39,207 acres of improved land in farms, 30,632 acres of farmland under crops, 28,616 bushels of spring wheat, 25,906 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,403 bushels of barley, 17,932 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17,690 chickens, 12,610 acres of oats, 8,121 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,348 tons of hay, 5,987 acres of hay crops, 4,550 bushels of winter wheat, 4,088 sheep, 3,290 other cattle, 3,247 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,696 acres of wheat, 2,378 swine, 2,263 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,204 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,966 milk cows, 1,926 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,397 cattle killed or sold, 1,275 horses aged over 3 years, 1,177 acres of barley, 1,102 geese, 690 ducks, 665 turkeys, 614 occupants of farms, 610 horses aged 3 years and under, 520 acres of potatoes, 511 farm occupants who own their land, 454 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 328 acres of turnips, 269 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 156 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 99 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 95 farm occupants who rent their land, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 58 oxen, 36 other fowl, 35 bushels of corn, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 bushels of buckwheat, 8 employees on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 5. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7107381
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey,_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). "Osprey, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/osprey-on067006-1891/.