Otter Tail, Ontario (1891 census)

Otter Tail was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.721°N, 92.912°W.

Population

In 1891, Otter Tail had a population of 873: 481 male and 392 female residents.

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 NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Otter Tail shared boundaries with:

• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 873 total population, 481 males, 392 females, 262 married persons, 161 families, 135 married males, 127 married females, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 589 single persons under 18, 334 single males under 18, 255 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 871 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 155 occupied houses, 154 houses, 152 houses built of wood, 95 houses of 2 stories, 58 houses of 1 story, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 2 rooms, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,225 pounds of homemade butter, 32,063 acres of land in farms, 26,914 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,913 bushels of oats, 12,695 bushels of turnips, 10,939 bushels of potatoes, 5,416 bushels of peas, 5,149 acres of improved land in farms, 4,079 acres of farmland under crops, 2,866 chickens, 2,722 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,244 bushels of spring wheat, 2,067 acres of hay crops, 2,038 tons of hay, 1,036 acres of farmland in pasture, 939 bushels of barley, 772 acres of oats, 650 other cattle, 643 sheep, 442 swine slaughtered or sold, 411 milk cows, 401 swine, 307 acres of wheat, 206 cattle killed or sold, 186 bushels of winter wheat, 183 sheep slaughtered or sold, 158 occupants of farms, 151 horses aged over 3 years, 146 farm occupants who own their land, 117 geese, 110 acres of barley, 109 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 106 acres of potatoes, 88 turkeys, 82 acres of turnips, 80 oxen, 80 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 41 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 25 bushels of rye, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 ducks, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046015 — 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). "Otter Tail, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/otter-tail-on046015-1891/.