Puslinch, Ontario (1891 census)

Puslinch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,614. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q89596452. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.468°N, 80.177°W.

Population

In 1891, Puslinch had a population of 3,614: 1,840 male and 1,774 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, Puslinch shared boundaries with:

• Beverley
• Dumfries N
• Eramosa
• Flamborough E
• Flamborough W-O
• Guelph
• Nassagaweya
• Waterloo S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,614 total population, 1,840 males, 1,774 females, 1,081 married persons, 682 families, 541 married males, 540 married females, 167 widowed persons, 111 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,366 single persons under 18, 1,243 single males under 18, 1,123 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,614 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 663 occupied houses, 661 houses, 454 houses built of wood, 370 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 359 houses of 1 story, 295 houses of 2 stories, 162 houses built of stone, 88 houses of 5 rooms, 82 houses of 4 rooms, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses built of brick, 19 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 503,666 bushels of turnips, 168,637 pounds of homemade butter, 165,758 bushels of oats, 74,441 bushels of peas, 71,676 bushels of barley, 65,468 bushels of winter wheat, 57,940 acres of land in farms, 52,483 bushels of potatoes, 46,754 acres of improved land in farms, 35,425 acres of farmland under crops, 23,401 chickens, 17,102 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,186 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,500 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,931 tons of hay, 6,850 acres of oats, 6,383 acres of hay crops, 5,984 bushels of spring wheat, 5,970 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,863 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,484 swine, 4,370 acres of wheat, 3,875 sheep, 3,445 other cattle, 3,195 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,951 acres of barley, 2,103 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,037 milk cows, 1,986 cattle killed or sold, 1,705 bushels of rye, 1,605 horses aged over 3 years, 1,584 turkeys, 1,410 geese, 1,378 acres of turnips, 1,098 ducks, 1,085 bushels of corn, 829 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 564 horses aged 3 years and under, 548 occupants of farms, 544 acres of potatoes, 435 farm occupants who own their land, 244 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 143 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 113 farm occupants who rent their land, 112 bushels of buckwheat, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 39 oxen, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 other fowl, 11 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON128006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q89596452

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). "Puslinch, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/puslinch-on128006-1891/.