Seymour, Ontario (1891 census)

Seymour was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,509. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7459234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.328°N, 77.779°W.

Population

In 1891, Seymour had a population of 3,509: 1,835 male and 1,674 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, Seymour shared boundaries with:

• Asphodel
• Belmont
• Brighton
• Campbellford, T-V
• Murray
• Percy
• Rawdon
• Sydney

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,509 total population, 1,835 males, 1,674 females, 1,206 married persons, 696 families, 603 married females, 603 married males, 136 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,167 single persons under 18, 1,184 single males under 18, 983 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,489 persons who are not French Canadian, 20 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 681 occupied houses, 680 houses, 547 houses of 2 stories, 518 houses built of wood, 298 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 131 houses of 1 story, 124 houses built of brick, 113 houses of 4 rooms, 110 houses of 5 rooms, 78 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses of 2 rooms, 36 houses built of stone, 25 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 95,165 bushels of oats, 82,149 pounds of homemade butter, 64,219 acres of land in farms, 59,248 bushels of turnips, 55,982 bushels of winter wheat, 52,904 bushels of peas, 47,778 acres of improved land in farms, 46,175 bushels of barley, 37,522 bushels of potatoes, 35,487 acres of farmland under crops, 21,746 chickens, 16,441 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,170 bushels of rye, 11,957 bushels of spring wheat, 11,505 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,341 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,263 tons of hay, 6,572 acres of hay crops, 5,479 bushels of buckwheat, 5,348 acres of wheat, 4,377 acres of oats, 4,179 milk cows, 4,045 bushels of corn, 2,891 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,861 swine, 2,701 acres of barley, 2,143 other cattle, 1,933 sheep, 1,526 horses aged over 3 years, 1,326 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 934 sheep slaughtered or sold, 930 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 786 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 747 cattle killed or sold, 662 geese, 661 occupants of farms, 607 ducks, 563 turkeys, Capacity of silos (tons): 541, 521 farm occupants who own their land, 513 horses aged 3 years and under, 390 acres of potatoes, 377 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 257 bushels of beans, 246 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 190 acres of turnips, 162 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 139 farm occupants who rent their land, 126 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 83 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 48 other fowl, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON099009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7459234
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Township

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). "Seymour, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seymour-on099009-1891/.