Sault Ste. Marie, W-O, Ontario (1891 census)
Sault Ste. Marie, W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.531°N, 84.411°W.
Population
In 1891, Sault Ste. Marie, W-O had a population of 952: 553 male and 399 female residents. Population density was 66.2 people per square mile.
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Sault Ste. Marie, 1881 (39.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized territory—Ter. non-organisé, 1901 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Sault Ste. Marie, W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 172 |
| Number of families | 172 |
| Number of females | 399 |
| Number of males | 553 |
| Number of married females | 164 |
| Number of married males | 193 |
| Number of married persons | 357 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP F | 399 |
| POP M | 553 |
| POP TOT | 952 |
| Total population | 952 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 224 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 357 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 581 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 107 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 845 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 22 |
| Number of houses | 145 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 136 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 39 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 100 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 59 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 167 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (48 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 23 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 591 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,807 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 609 |
| Acres of hay crops | 119 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,223 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,030 |
| Acres of oats | 17 |
| Acres of potatoes | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR AC | 4 |
| BAR BU | 24 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 398 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 30 |
| HAY AC | 119 |
| HAY TONS | 120 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 428 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 70 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 19 |
| Number of milk cows | 22 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 72 |
| Number of other cattle | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 50 |
| Number of sheep | 1 |
| Number of swine | 2 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 2 |
| OAT AC | 17 |
| OAT BU | 200 |
| PEA BU | 15 |
| POT AC | 6 |
| POT BU | 398 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 520 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 120 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 12 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 9 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 7 |
| BUTTER LB | 520 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 224 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 357 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 581 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 4 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 172 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FRN CA | 107 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 428 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 19 |
| HOUSES | 145 |
| HOUSES B | 9 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 19 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 19 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 39 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 59 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 22 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 100 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 2 |
| HOUSES W | 136 |
| INF 11 A | 50 |
| MD FEM | 164 |
| MD MALE | 193 |
| MD TOT | 357 |
| MILK COWS | 22 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 70 |
| OC TOT | 72 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 10 |
| OTHERS | 845 |
| SHEEP | 1 |
| SUP AM | 1,223 |
| SUP FOR | 1,807 |
| SUP JV | 23 |
| SUP PAT | 591 |
| SUP SC | 609 |
| SUP TOT | 3,030 |
| SWINE | 2 |
| SWINE KS | 2 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 167 |
| TUR BU | 30 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 22 |
| WID FEM | 11 |
| WID MALE | 3 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046020— 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). "Sault Ste. Marie, W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sault-ste-marie-w-o-on046020-1891/.