Ottawa East, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Ottawa East, Village was a village in 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 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 741 total population, 385 males, 356 females, 269 married persons, 142 families, 136 married males, 133 married females, 27 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 445 single persons under 18, 242 single males under 18, 203 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 604 persons who are not French Canadian, 137 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 139 houses, 139 occupied houses, 117 houses built of wood, 108 houses of 2 stories, 45 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 32 houses of 4 rooms, 31 houses of 1 story, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,103 bushels of potatoes, 1,250 pounds of homemade butter, 1,140 bushels of oats, 684 acres of land in farms, 549 chickens, 525 acres of improved land in farms, 479 bushels of turnips, 230 acres of farmland in pasture, 213 bushels of peas, 208 acres of farmland under crops, 203 sheep slaughtered or sold, 200 bushels of barley, 159 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 152 cattle killed or sold, 119 occupants of farms, 109 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 91 farm occupants who own their land, 87 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 85 bushels of corn, 81 tons of hay, 75 horses aged over 3 years, 65 swine slaughtered or sold, 60 bushels of buckwheat, 58 acres of hay crops, 53 acres of oats, 50 milk cows, 35 bushels of beans, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 22 other fowl, 21 acres of potatoes, 21 swine, Capacity of silos (tons): 20, 15 other cattle, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 geese, 10 acres of barley, 10 ducks, 10 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6 acres of wheat, 5 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 sheep, 3 turkeys, 1 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.