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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q463165. 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.
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 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 952 total population, 553 males, 399 females, 357 married persons, 193 married males, 172 families, 164 married females, 14 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 581 single persons under 18, 357 single males under 18, 224 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 845 persons who are not French Canadian, 107 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 167 occupied houses, 145 houses, 136 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 2 stories, 59 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses of 1 story, 22 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses built of brick, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,030 acres of land in farms, 1,807 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,223 acres of improved land in farms, 609 acres of farmland under crops, 591 acres of farmland in pasture, 520 pounds of homemade butter, 428 chickens, 398 bushels of potatoes, 200 bushels of oats, 120 tons of hay, 119 acres of hay crops, 72 occupants of farms, 70 farm occupants who own their land, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 bushels of turnips, 24 bushels of barley, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 milk cows, 19 horses aged over 3 years, 17 acres of oats, 15 bushels of peas, 12 bushels of spring wheat, 10 other cattle, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 acres of potatoes, 4 acres of barley, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 swine, 2 swine slaughtered or sold, 1 acres of wheat, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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: Q463165
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault-Sainte-Marie_(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). "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/.