Richmond, Ontario (1891 census)
Richmond was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.308°N, 77.034°W.
Population
In 1891, Richmond had a population of 2,898: 1,498 male and 1,400 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Richmond shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,898 total population, 1,498 males, 1,400 females, 1,107 married persons, 598 families, 554 married males, 553 married females, 110 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,681 single persons under 18, 907 single males under 18, 774 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,896 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 597 occupied houses, 596 houses, 515 houses built of wood, 431 houses of 1 story, 281 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 165 houses of 2 stories, 81 houses of 4 rooms, 77 houses built of brick, 71 houses of 5 rooms, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 1 room, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 94,255 pounds of homemade butter, 70,354 bushels of oats, 65,329 bushels of barley, 52,569 acres of land in farms, 45,552 acres of improved land in farms, 41,017 bushels of potatoes, 28,264 acres of farmland under crops, 17,735 chickens, 16,876 bushels of peas, 16,716 acres of farmland in pasture, 15,532 bushels of corn, 13,950 bushels of buckwheat, 11,496 tons of hay, 8,641 acres of hay crops, 7,017 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,025 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,973 bushels of turnips, 4,370 bushels of winter wheat, 4,228 acres of barley, 3,933 acres of oats, 3,843 bushels of rye, 2,824 bushels of spring wheat, 2,599 milk cows, 2,498 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,040 other cattle, 1,972 sheep, 1,635 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,510 swine, 1,291 horses aged over 3 years, 1,176 sheep slaughtered or sold, 687 acres of wheat, 671 cattle killed or sold, 637 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 572 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 568 occupants of farms, 561 horses aged 3 years and under, 496 acres of potatoes, 461 farm occupants who own their land, 399 geese, 303 bushels of beans, 250 ducks, 213 turkeys, 171 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 149 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 118 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 107 farm occupants who rent their land, 101 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 25, 24 acres of turnips, 24 oxen, 4 other fowl. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Allen Pringle | 1841–1896 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON087008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON087008— 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). "Richmond, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/richmond-on087008-1891/.