Percy, Ontario (1891 census)

Percy was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,388. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7167618. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.240°N, 77.924°W.

Population

In 1891, Percy had a population of 3,388: 1,739 male and 1,649 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, Percy shared boundaries with:

• Alnwick
• Asphodel
• Brighton
• Cramahe
• Haldimand
• Hastings, Village
• Seymour

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 3,388 total population, 1,739 males, 1,649 females, 1,215 married persons, 693 families, 609 married males, 606 married females, 139 widowed persons, 101 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,034 single persons under 18, 1,092 single males under 18, 942 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,371 persons who are not French Canadian, 17 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 692 houses, 692 occupied houses, 520 houses built of wood, 434 houses of 2 stories, 330 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 257 houses of 1 story, 167 houses built of brick, 94 houses of 4 rooms, 84 houses of 5 rooms, 75 uninhabited houses, 64 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 48 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses under construction, 10 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 163,287 bushels of turnips, 101,998 pounds of homemade butter, 62,582 bushels of oats, 52,923 acres of land in farms, 52,204 bushels of barley, 47,689 bushels of peas, 47,229 bushels of potatoes, 42,322 bushels of spring wheat, 40,288 acres of improved land in farms, 40,043 bushels of winter wheat, 30,834 acres of farmland under crops, 21,391 bushels of rye, 20,140 chickens, 13,149 bushels of buckwheat, 12,635 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,842 bushels of corn, 8,410 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,677 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,652 tons of hay, 6,039 acres of wheat, 5,248 acres of hay crops, 2,818 milk cows, 2,777 acres of barley, 2,744 acres of oats, 2,507 swine, 2,347 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,901 other cattle, 1,757 sheep, 1,455 horses aged over 3 years, 1,044 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 770 geese, 749 cattle killed or sold, 742 sheep slaughtered or sold, 694 occupants of farms, 643 ducks, 642 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 586 bushels of beans, 563 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 511 farm occupants who own their land, 505 horses aged 3 years and under, 454 acres of potatoes, 422 acres of turnips, 339 turkeys, 252 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 231 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 178 farm occupants who rent their land, 125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 109 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 58 other fowl, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 oxen, 5 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON099008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7167618
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Township

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). "Percy, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/percy-on099008-1891/.