Reach, Ontario (1891 census)
Reach was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.115°N, 79.003°W.
Population
In 1891, Reach had a population of 4,190: 2,150 male and 2,040 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,897 |
| 1861 | 6,214 |
| 1871 | 6,809 |
| 1881 | 4,949 |
| 1891 | 4,190 |
| 1901 | 3,589 |
| 1911 | 3,018 |
| 1921 | 2,809 |
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, Reach shared boundaries with:
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 4,190 total population, 2,150 males, 2,040 females, 1,429 married persons, 861 families, 715 married males, 714 married females, 195 widowed persons, 125 widowed females, 70 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,566 single persons under 18, 1,365 single males under 18, 1,201 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,184 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 839 occupied houses, 838 houses, 708 houses built of wood, 540 houses of 1 story, 525 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 297 houses of 2 stories, 110 houses built of brick, 105 houses of 5 rooms, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 76 uninhabited houses, 70 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 941,520 bushels of turnips, 286,044 pounds of homemade butter, 160,502 bushels of oats, 102,187 bushels of barley, 83,383 bushels of spring wheat, 58,832 bushels of potatoes, 58,779 acres of land in farms, 55,739 bushels of peas, 47,763 acres of improved land in farms, 39,563 acres of farmland under crops, 31,286 chickens, 13,486 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,016 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,171 tons of hay, 9,765 bushels of buckwheat, 8,404 acres of wheat, 7,337 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,162 acres of hay crops, 6,552 acres of oats, 5,781 bushels of corn, 5,450 acres of barley, 5,220 swine, 4,382 other cattle, 3,502 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,221 sheep, 2,747 bushels of winter wheat, 2,313 ducks, 2,192 milk cows, 2,141 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,108 acres of turnips, 1,872 geese, 1,804 horses aged over 3 years, 1,744 cattle killed or sold, 1,717 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,655 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,549 turkeys, 1,491 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,047 bushels of rye, 1,003 horses aged 3 years and under, 881 bushels of beans, 863 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 838 occupants of farms, 589 acres of potatoes, 573 farm occupants who own their land, 331 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 259 farm occupants who rent their land, 225 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 162 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 146 other fowl, 86 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 oxen, 6 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Beare | 1820–1914 | died here |
| James Blair | 1825–1901 | died here |
| Mary Ann Wilson | 1830–1908 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON102003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133005— 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). "Reach, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/reach-on102003-1891/.