Rainham, Ontario (1891 census)

Rainham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,010. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262642. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.865°N, 79.877°W.

Population

In 1891, Rainham had a population of 2,010: 1,030 male and 980 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, Rainham shared boundaries with:

• Cayuga N
• Cayuga S
• Walpole

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 2,010 total population, 1,030 males, 980 females, 730 married persons, 399 families, 366 married males, 364 married females, 72 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,208 single persons under 18, 642 single males under 18, 566 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,008 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 399 occupied houses, 398 houses, 332 houses built of wood, 275 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 253 houses of 2 stories, 144 houses of 1 story, 61 houses built of brick, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 123,952 pounds of homemade butter, 44,204 bushels of winter wheat, 39,138 bushels of oats, 25,896 bushels of peas, 25,266 acres of land in farms, 20,712 acres of improved land in farms, 18,628 acres of farmland under crops, 11,594 chickens, 8,579 bushels of barley, 6,274 tons of hay, 4,870 bushels of spring wheat, 4,554 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,256 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,158 acres of hay crops, 4,137 acres of wheat, 3,628 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,712 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,347 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,297 bushels of potatoes, 2,241 acres of oats, 2,130 swine, 1,771 sheep, 1,357 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,349 bushels of turnips, 1,251 milk cows, 1,185 bushels of corn, 1,185 other cattle, 989 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 974 sheep slaughtered or sold, 878 horses aged over 3 years, 727 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 692 acres of barley, 588 cattle killed or sold, 443 horses aged 3 years and under, 383 occupants of farms, 326 geese, 297 farm occupants who own their land, 145 ducks, 128 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 116 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 107 bushels of beans, 89 bushels of buckwheat, 86 turkeys, 85 farm occupants who rent their land, 71 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 49 acres of potatoes, 18 other fowl, 15 bushels of rye, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 5 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON070006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262642

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). "Rainham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rainham-on070006-1891/.