Petewawa & McKay, Ontario (1891 census)
Petewawa & McKay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.873°N, 77.399°W.
Population
In 1891, Petewawa & McKay had a population of 991: 512 male and 479 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 689 |
| 1891 | 991 |
| 1901 | 1,067 |
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, Petewawa & McKay shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 991 total population, 512 males, 479 females, 308 married persons, 170 families, 156 married males, 152 married females, 36 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 647 single persons under 18, 342 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 823 persons who are not French Canadian, 168 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 156 occupied houses, 149 houses, 149 houses built of wood, 142 houses of 1 story, 48 houses of 1 room, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,185 acres of land in farms, 18,836 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,271 bushels of oats, 7,490 pounds of homemade butter, 7,255 bushels of potatoes, 3,428 chickens, 3,349 acres of improved land in farms, 3,092 bushels of rye, 2,936 acres of farmland under crops, 2,700 bushels of peas, 2,036 bushels of turnips, 1,572 bushels of spring wheat, 799 acres of oats, 785 tons of hay, 761 acres of hay crops, 701 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 495 horses aged over 3 years, 419 bushels of buckwheat, 411 acres of farmland in pasture, 333 milk cows, 219 acres of wheat, 212 other cattle, 161 sheep, 146 swine, 145 occupants of farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 137 swine slaughtered or sold, 133 cattle killed or sold, 114 acres of potatoes, 91 sheep slaughtered or sold, 80 horses aged 3 years and under, 69 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 33 other fowl, 30 ducks, 28 acres of turnips, 26 bushels of barley, 18 geese, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 turkeys, 5 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON110008_1881_1901— 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). "Petewawa & McKay, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petewawa-mckay-on114008-1891/.