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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q463165

Sault Ste. Marie, E, Ontario (1891 census)

Sault Ste. Marie, E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 471. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q463165. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.532°N, 84.279°W.

Population

In 1891, Sault Ste. Marie, E had a population of 471: 246 male and 225 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Sault Ste. Marie, E shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 471 total population, 246 males, 225 females, 137 married persons, 82 families, 70 married females, 67 married males, 22 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 312 single persons under 18, 173 single males under 18, 139 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 437 persons who are not French Canadian, 34 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 77 houses, 77 occupied houses, 68 houses built of wood, 46 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,819 acres of land in farms, 2,868 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,680 bushels of oats, 1,390 pounds of homemade butter, 1,232 bushels of potatoes, 950 acres of improved land in farms, 782 acres of farmland under crops, 410 bushels of peas, 385 chickens, 298 tons of hay, 255 bushels of turnips, 236 acres of hay crops, 130 acres of farmland in pasture, 125 bushels of barley, 84 acres of oats, 49 horses aged over 3 years, 43 milk cows, 38 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 38 occupants of farms, 34 farm occupants who own their land, 24 swine, 22 other cattle, 22 swine slaughtered or sold, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 cattle killed or sold, 14 ducks, 10 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 acres of barley, 9 geese, 7 acres of potatoes, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 turkeys, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Sault Ste. Marie, E, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sault-ste-marie-e-on046019-1891/.