Ross, Ontario (1891 census)

Ross was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,402. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262721. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.632°N, 76.781°W.

Population

In 1891, Ross had a population of 2,402: 1,236 male and 1,166 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Cobden, Village, 1901 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Ross shared boundaries with:

• Admaston
• Bromley
• Horton
• Westmeath

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 2,402 total population, 1,236 males, 1,166 females, 727 married persons, 420 families, 364 married females, 363 married males, 66 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,609 single persons under 18, 845 single males under 18, 764 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,388 persons who are not French Canadian, 14 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 403 occupied houses, 402 houses, 351 houses built of wood, 287 houses of 1 story, 122 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 113 houses of 2 stories, 95 houses of 4 rooms, 69 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses built of brick, 44 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 81,771 bushels of oats, 47,642 acres of land in farms, 34,010 bushels of peas, 33,251 bushels of spring wheat, 29,106 bushels of potatoes, 26,740 acres of improved land in farms, 21,368 acres of farmland under crops, 20,902 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,001 pounds of homemade butter, 5,659 acres of hay crops, 5,272 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,264 tons of hay, 4,651 acres of oats, 4,430 bushels of turnips, 3,508 acres of wheat, 2,207 bushels of rye, 1,955 chickens, 1,662 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,338 bushels of barley, 478 sheep, 399 milk cows, 372 other cattle, 356 bushels of corn, 319 occupants of farms, 305 farm occupants who own their land, 286 acres of potatoes, 254 bushels of buckwheat, 221 swine, 220 bushels of beans, 205 swine slaughtered or sold, 163 horses aged over 3 years, 147 sheep slaughtered or sold, 143 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 120 geese, 114 cattle killed or sold, 100 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 94 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 74 acres of barley, 70 bushels of winter wheat, 50 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 turkeys, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 oxen, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 7 ducks, 4 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON114009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON142028 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262721

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). "Ross, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ross-on114009-1891/.