Sophiasburg, Ontario (1891 census)

Sophiasburg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,341. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7562942. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.100°N, 77.193°W.

Population

In 1891, Sophiasburg had a population of 2,341: 1,189 male and 1,152 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).

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 contained Sophiasburg, 1881 (79.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Sophiasburg, 1901 (79.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Sophiasburg shared boundaries with:

• Adolphustown
• Ameliasburgh
• Fredericksburg N
• Hallowell
• Hillier
• Thurlow
• Tyendinaga

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 2,341 total population, 1,189 males, 1,152 females, 1,029 married persons, 556 families, 515 married males, 514 married females, 109 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 4.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,203 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 566 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,337 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 555 occupied houses, 553 houses, 489 houses of 1 story, 470 houses built of wood, 302 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses built of brick, 67 houses of 5 rooms, 64 houses of 2 stories, 63 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 14 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 90,328 pounds of homemade butter, 82,937 bushels of barley, 41,931 acres of land in farms, 39,447 bushels of corn, 39,254 bushels of peas, 36,476 bushels of oats, 33,984 acres of improved land in farms, 27,956 acres of farmland under crops, 25,915 bushels of potatoes, 18,910 bushels of buckwheat, 17,551 chickens, 15,767 bushels of spring wheat, 10,038 bushels of rye, 9,165 bushels of winter wheat, 7,947 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,323 bushels of turnips, 6,147 tons of hay, 5,207 acres of hay crops, 4,895 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,727 acres of barley, 3,668 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,092 swine, 2,067 milk cows, 2,064 acres of wheat, 1,843 acres of oats, 1,841 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,711 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,458 horses aged over 3 years, 1,236 other cattle, 1,167 sheep, 1,133 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 903 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 704 bushels of beans, 588 horses aged 3 years and under, 540 occupants of farms, 514 cattle killed or sold, 513 geese, 472 sheep slaughtered or sold, 412 farm occupants who own their land, 355 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 308 acres of potatoes, 299 ducks, 293 turkeys, 205 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 133 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 130 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 127 farm occupants who rent their land, 99 other fowl, 46 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 acres of turnips, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON113008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7562942
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophiasburgh_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). "Sophiasburg, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sophiasburg-on113008-1891/.