Palmerston & Canonto, Ontario (1891 census)
Palmerston & Canonto was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,064. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.040°N, 76.813°W.
Population
In 1891, Palmerston & Canonto had a population of 1,064: 549 male and 515 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 546 |
| 1881 | 1,005 |
| 1891 | 1,064 |
| 1901 | 1,133 |
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, Palmerston & Canonto shared boundaries with:
- Bagot & Blithefield
- Brougham
- Clarendon & Miller
- Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord
- Lavant
- Matawatchan
- Olden
- Oso
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,064 total population, 549 males, 515 females, 369 married persons, 207 families, 186 married males, 183 married females, 26 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 669 single persons under 18, 353 single males under 18, 316 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 970 persons who are not French Canadian, 94 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 201 occupied houses, 193 houses, 191 houses built of wood, 182 houses of 2 stories, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 34 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 1 story, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,885 pounds of homemade butter, 35,397 acres of land in farms, 27,742 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,042 bushels of potatoes, 7,655 acres of improved land in farms, 7,565 bushels of oats, 4,773 acres of farmland under crops, 2,795 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,778 chickens, 2,620 bushels of turnips, 2,433 bushels of peas, 2,260 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,127 acres of hay crops, 1,506 tons of hay, 829 bushels of spring wheat, 739 sheep, 665 bushels of corn, 533 acres of oats, 516 other cattle, 447 bushels of buckwheat, 437 bushels of rye, 432 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 416 milk cows, 382 bushels of barley, 368 sheep slaughtered or sold, 238 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 216 swine, 208 horses aged over 3 years, 203 cattle killed or sold, 202 swine slaughtered or sold, 154 occupants of farms, 153 farm occupants who own their land, 153 geese, 152 bushels of beans, 112 acres of potatoes, 100 acres of wheat, 87 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 turkeys, 76 ducks, 70 bushels of winter wheat, 64 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 52 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 33 acres of barley, 20 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 18 oxen, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 other fowl, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON045013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON043013— 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). "Palmerston & Canonto, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/palmerston-canonto-on045013-1891/.