Seneca, Ontario (1891 census)

Seneca was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,231. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262795. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.044°N, 79.849°W.

Population

In 1891, Seneca had a population of 2,231: 1,170 male and 1,061 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, Seneca shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Binbrook
• Caistor
• Caledonia, Village
• Canborough
• Cayuga N
• Glanford
• Oneida
• Onondaga

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,231 total population, 1,170 males, 1,061 females, 684 married persons, 436 families, 342 married females, 342 married males, 111 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,436 single persons under 18, 790 single males under 18, 646 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,230 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 433 occupied houses, 432 houses, 364 houses built of wood, 309 houses of 2 stories, 274 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 122 houses of 1 story, 67 houses built of brick, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 42 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 170,935 pounds of homemade butter, 101,732 bushels of oats, 57,647 bushels of winter wheat, 40,990 acres of land in farms, 39,395 bushels of peas, 32,846 acres of improved land in farms, 31,211 acres of farmland under crops, 18,210 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 17,002 bushels of barley, 16,013 bushels of turnips, 14,438 bushels of spring wheat, 13,405 chickens, 11,489 tons of hay, 10,894 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,876 bushels of potatoes, 8,144 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,942 acres of hay crops, 5,275 acres of wheat, 4,640 acres of oats, 3,109 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,354 sheep, 2,338 swine, 2,223 other cattle, 1,860 bushels of corn, 1,688 milk cows, 1,604 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,081 horses aged over 3 years, 1,052 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,005 acres of barley, 994 acres of farmland in pasture, 981 cattle killed or sold, 814 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 714 turkeys, 641 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 550 bushels of rye, 523 horses aged 3 years and under, 483 geese, 399 ducks, 368 occupants of farms, 355 bushels of beans, 296 farm occupants who own their land, 166 bushels of buckwheat, 150 acres of potatoes, 140 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 115 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 70 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 52 acres of turnips, 52 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON070007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON115008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262795

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). "Seneca, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seneca-on070007-1891/.