Ramsay, Ontario (1891 census)

Ramsay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,601. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.197°N, 76.222°W.

Population

In 1891, Ramsay had a population of 2,601: 1,311 male and 1,290 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, Ramsay shared boundaries with:

• Almonte, Town—Ville
• Beckwith
• Carleton Place, T-V
• Darling
• Drummond
• Fitzroy
• Huntley
• Lanark
• Pakenham

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 2,601 total population, 1,311 males, 1,290 females, 767 married persons, 457 families, 384 married females, 383 married males, 105 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,729 single persons under 18, 895 single males under 18, 834 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,599 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 453 houses, 453 occupied houses, 380 houses of 1 story, 373 houses built of wood, 286 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 68 houses of 2 stories, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses built of stone, 37 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses built of brick, 29 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 145,021 pounds of homemade butter, 112,615 bushels of oats, 52,436 acres of land in farms, 42,575 bushels of turnips, 40,870 acres of improved land in farms, 40,765 bushels of peas, 40,279 bushels of potatoes, 27,374 bushels of spring wheat, 26,745 acres of farmland under crops, 14,371 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,856 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,586 chickens, 11,566 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,980 tons of hay, 6,938 acres of hay crops, 6,708 bushels of barley, 5,913 bushels of buckwheat, 5,445 acres of oats, 4,194 bushels of corn, 3,656 sheep, 3,037 bushels of rye, 2,865 acres of wheat, 2,471 other cattle, 2,341 milk cows, 1,987 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,824 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,410 swine, 976 horses aged over 3 years, 943 cattle killed or sold, 669 geese, 653 bushels of winter wheat, 480 turkeys, 449 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 438 occupants of farms, 398 acres of potatoes, 395 farm occupants who own their land, 392 bushels of beans, Capacity of silos (tons): 385, 382 horses aged 3 years and under, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 345 acres of barley, 210 ducks, 160 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 132 acres of turnips, 130 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 other fowl, 62 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 41 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (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: ON083010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123012 — 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). "Ramsay, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ramsay-on083010-1891/.