Ottawa East, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Ottawa East, Village was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 741. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.413°N, 75.675°W.
Population
In 1891, Ottawa East, Village had a population of 741: 385 male and 356 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 741 |
| 1901 | 1,500 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Nepean, 1881 (0.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Ottawa East, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 142 |
| Number of families | 142 |
| Number of females | 356 |
| Number of males | 385 |
| Number of married females | 133 |
| Number of married males | 136 |
| Number of married persons | 269 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| POP F | 356 |
| POP M | 385 |
| POP TOT | 741 |
| Total population | 741 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 203 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 242 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 445 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 137 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 604 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 139 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 22 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 117 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 31 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 108 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 23 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 45 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 139 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 10 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 87 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 230 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 159 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 208 |
| Acres of hay crops | 58 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 525 |
| Acres of land in farms | 684 |
| Acres of oats | 53 |
| Acres of potatoes | 21 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 6 |
| BAR AC | 10 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 85 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,140 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 213 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,103 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 479 |
| BWT BU | 60 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 20 |
| CRN BU | 85 |
| HAY AC | 58 |
| HAY TONS | 81 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 152 |
| Number of chickens | 549 |
| Number of ducks | 10 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 91 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 27 |
| Number of geese | 13 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 14 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 75 |
| Number of milk cows | 50 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 119 |
| Number of other cattle | 15 |
| Number of other fowl | 22 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 109 |
| Number of sheep | 4 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 203 |
| Number of swine | 21 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 65 |
| Number of turkeys | 3 |
| OAT AC | 53 |
| OAT BU | 1,140 |
| PEA BU | 213 |
| POT AC | 21 |
| POT BU | 2,103 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 10 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,250 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 81 |
| WHT AC | 6 |
| WHT SP BU | 25 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 5 |
| BEN BU | 35 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,250 |
| CATTLE KS | 152 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 203 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 242 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 445 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 10 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 14 |
| DUCKS | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 142 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 137 |
| GEESE | 13 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 549 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 75 |
| HOUSES | 139 |
| HOUSES B | 22 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 23 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 32 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 31 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 45 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 108 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 117 |
| INF 11 A | 109 |
| MD FEM | 133 |
| MD MALE | 136 |
| MD TOT | 269 |
| MILK COWS | 50 |
| NAME CD | Carleton |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 27 |
| OC P | 91 |
| OC TOT | 119 |
| OTHER FOWL | 22 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 15 |
| OTHERS | 604 |
| SHEEP | 4 |
| SHEEP KS | 203 |
| SILOS | 20 |
| SUP AM | 525 |
| SUP FOR | 159 |
| SUP JV | 87 |
| SUP PAT | 230 |
| SUP SC | 208 |
| SUP TOT | 684 |
| SWINE | 21 |
| SWINE KS | 65 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 139 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 479 |
| TURKEY | 3 |
| WID FEM | 20 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 27 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON055006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON052007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Ottawa East, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ottawa-east-village-on055006-1891/.