St. Edmunds, Ontario (1891 census)
St. Edmunds was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 287. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262885. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.192°N, 81.539°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Edmunds had a population of 287: 170 male and 117 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 287 |
| 1901 | 623 |
| 1911 | 434 |
| 1921 | 343 |
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 was contained in Eastnor, Lindsay, St. Edmund's, 1881 (34.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Edmunds shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 287 total population, 170 males, 117 females, 110 married persons, 61 families, 56 married males, 54 married females, 4.70 average size of families, 4 widowed persons, 3 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 173 single persons under 18, 111 single males under 18, 62 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 286 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 58 occupied houses, 57 houses, 57 houses built of wood, 54 houses of 1 story, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,430 pounds of homemade butter, 5,147 acres of land in farms, 4,213 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,510 bushels of potatoes, 2,208 bushels of oats, 1,725 bushels of turnips, 1,034 bushels of spring wheat, 934 acres of improved land in farms, 845 bushels of peas, 809 acres of farmland under crops, 577 chickens, 515 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 312 acres of hay crops, 306 tons of hay, 303 bushels of winter wheat, 126 sheep, 111 acres of oats, 109 other cattle, 108 acres of wheat, 95 acres of farmland in pasture, 83 milk cows, 52 bushels of barley, 51 swine, 47 geese, 44 occupants of farms, 43 farm occupants who own their land, 40 horses aged over 3 years, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 34 ducks, 33 sheep slaughtered or sold, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 bushels of corn, 22 acres of potatoes, 21 cattle killed or sold, 18 turkeys, 14 oxen, 9 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 acres of barley, 3 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON052010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON104015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262885
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). "St. Edmunds, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-edmunds-on052010-1891/.