Owen Sound, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Owen Sound, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,497. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1017735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.578°N, 80.922°W.

Population

In 1891, Owen Sound, C had a population of 7,497: 3,716 male and 3,781 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, Owen Sound, C shared boundaries with:

• Derby
• Sarawak
• Sydenham

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 7,497 total population, 3,781 females, 3,716 males, 2,521 married persons, 1,464 families, 1,270 married females, 1,251 married males, 281 widowed persons, 203 widowed females, 78 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,695 single persons under 18, 2,387 single males under 18, 2,308 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,459 persons who are not French Canadian, 38 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,450 occupied houses, 1,448 houses, 1,035 houses of 2 stories, 855 houses built of wood, 822 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 549 houses built of brick, 355 houses of 1 story, 180 houses of 4 rooms, 177 houses of 5 rooms, 115 houses of 3 rooms, 110 uninhabited houses, 79 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 57 houses of 3 stories, 44 houses built of stone, 43 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of over 15 rooms, 18 houses under construction, 7 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,262 pounds of homemade butter, 18,827 bushels of potatoes, 16,325 bushels of oats, 14,814 bushels of turnips, 6,291 chickens, 5,857 acres of land in farms, 5,653 bushels of peas, 4,852 acres of improved land in farms, 2,775 acres of farmland under crops, 2,525 bushels of winter wheat, 2,426 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,922 bushels of barley, 1,803 tons of hay, 1,664 bushels of spring wheat, 1,353 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,311 acres of hay crops, 1,071 occupants of farms, 1,005 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 982 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 742 farm occupants who own their land, 724 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 691 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 681 cattle killed or sold, 647 horses aged over 3 years, 599 acres of oats, 472 milk cows, 441 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 385 other cattle, 329 farm occupants who rent their land, 314 swine slaughtered or sold, 294 acres of wheat, 261 bushels of corn, 232 swine, 217 sheep, 191 bushels of beans, 159 ducks, 142 acres of potatoes, 97 geese, 91 acres of barley, 84 horses aged 3 years and under, 81 other fowl, 55 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 55 turkeys, 51 acres of turnips, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 26 bushels of buckwheat, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 oxen, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON068004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1017735
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Sound

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). "Owen Sound, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/owen-sound-c-on068004-1891/.