Russell, Ontario (1891 census)

Russell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,918. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2981843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.272°N, 75.314°W.

Population

In 1891, Russell had a population of 3,918: 2,015 male and 1,903 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, Russell shared boundaries with:

• Cambridge
• Cumberland
• Finch
• Osgoode
• Winchester

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,918 total population, 2,015 males, 1,903 females, 1,266 married persons, 694 families, 636 married females, 630 married males, 103 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,549 single persons under 18, 1,351 single males under 18, 1,198 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,959 French Canadians, 1,959 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 679 occupied houses, 676 houses, 639 houses built of wood, 370 houses of 2 stories, 303 houses of 1 story, 201 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 142 houses of 3 rooms, 137 houses of 4 rooms, 94 houses of 2 rooms, 83 houses of 5 rooms, 67 uninhabited houses, 34 houses built of brick, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 143,956 bushels of potatoes, 120,448 bushels of oats, 96,975 pounds of homemade butter, 47,164 acres of land in farms, 31,867 acres of improved land in farms, 24,108 acres of farmland under crops, 18,660 chickens, 15,297 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,715 bushels of spring wheat, 12,743 bushels of buckwheat, 11,976 bushels of peas, 11,565 bushels of barley, 8,995 bushels of turnips, 8,469 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,666 bushels of rye, 7,405 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,283 acres of hay crops, 7,160 acres of oats, 6,699 tons of hay, 3,744 bushels of corn, 2,604 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,528 milk cows, 1,963 sheep, 1,853 turkeys, 1,732 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,685 other cattle, 1,647 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,597 acres of wheat, 1,586 swine, 1,511 acres of potatoes, 1,381 horses aged over 3 years, 1,111 bushels of beans, 934 geese, 914 sheep slaughtered or sold, 792 acres of barley, 700 cattle killed or sold, 647 ducks, 646 horses aged 3 years and under, 640 occupants of farms, 595 other fowl, 545 farm occupants who own their land, 354 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 217 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 190 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 162 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 128 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 112 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 94 farm occupants who rent their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 60, 34 acres of turnips, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON116008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON143004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2981843
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_(Ontario)

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). "Russell, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/russell-on116008-1891/.