Roxborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Roxborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,736. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.226°N, 74.935°W.

Population

In 1891, Roxborough had a population of 4,736: 2,428 male and 2,308 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, Roxborough shared boundaries with:

• Cambridge
• Charlottenburg
• Cornwall
• Finch
• Kenyon
• Osmabruck
• Plantagenet S

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 4,736 total population, 2,428 males, 2,308 females, 1,548 married persons, 871 families, 774 married females, 774 married males, 162 widowed persons, 106 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,026 single persons under 18, 1,598 single males under 18, 1,428 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,669 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,067 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 859 houses, 859 occupied houses, 832 houses built of wood, 477 houses of 1 story, 381 houses of 2 stories, 269 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 195 houses of 4 rooms, 130 houses of 2 rooms, 109 houses of 3 rooms, 101 houses of 5 rooms, 47 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 1 room, 27 houses built of brick, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 149,610 pounds of homemade butter, 112,972 bushels of oats, 68,533 bushels of potatoes, 67,213 acres of land in farms, 37,230 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 29,983 acres of improved land in farms, 22,106 chickens, 20,135 acres of farmland under crops, 14,347 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,249 bushels of buckwheat, 10,410 bushels of spring wheat, 9,390 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,885 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,375 tons of hay, 6,677 bushels of peas, 6,605 acres of hay crops, 6,545 bushels of barley, 6,221 acres of oats, 6,089 bushels of corn, 4,539 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,795 milk cows, 2,616 sheep, 1,598 other cattle, 1,581 swine, 1,525 horses aged over 3 years, 1,512 bushels of turnips, 1,301 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,291 bushels of rye, 1,266 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,038 acres of wheat, 857 occupants of farms, 818 cattle killed or sold, 754 farm occupants who own their land, 654 horses aged 3 years and under, 539 acres of potatoes, 538 geese, 484 acres of barley, 458 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 392 ducks, 325 bushels of beans, Capacity of silos (tons): 300, 284 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 268 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 255 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 235 turkeys, 167 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 132 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 103 farm occupants who rent their land, 58 bushels of winter wheat, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 other fowl, 11 acres of turnips, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON056007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON145004 — 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). "Roxborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/roxborough-on056007-1891/.