St. Vincent, Ontario (1891 census)

St. Vincent was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,494. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262893. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.603°N, 80.648°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Vincent had a population of 3,494: 1,847 male and 1,647 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, St. Vincent shared boundaries with:

• Collingwood
• Euphrasia
• Meaford, T-V
• Sydenham

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 3,494 total population, 1,847 males, 1,647 females, 1,128 married persons, 660 families, 564 married females, 564 married males, 112 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,254 single persons under 18, 1,240 single males under 18, 1,014 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,490 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 653 houses, 653 occupied houses, 520 houses built of wood, 448 houses of 1 story, 359 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 204 houses of 2 stories, 98 houses of 4 rooms, 96 houses built of brick, 86 houses of 5 rooms, 67 uninhabited houses, 41 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses built of stone, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 303,254 pounds of homemade butter, 247,097 bushels of turnips, 135,285 bushels of oats, 71,114 bushels of spring wheat, 65,841 bushels of peas, 62,045 acres of land in farms, 52,487 bushels of potatoes, 47,220 acres of improved land in farms, 35,919 acres of farmland under crops, 26,895 bushels of barley, 21,957 chickens, 21,432 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 20,584 bushels of winter wheat, 14,825 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,069 tons of hay, 9,833 acres of hay crops, 9,801 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,709 acres of wheat, 7,403 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5,519 acres of oats, 5,291 sheep, 4,792 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,674 other cattle, 3,342 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,905 swine, 2,633 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,297 milk cows, 1,811 cattle killed or sold, 1,519 horses aged over 3 years, 1,500 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,379 acres of barley, 1,117 bushels of corn, 788 geese, 769 bushels of buckwheat, 749 horses aged 3 years and under, 658 occupants of farms, 630 acres of turnips, 496 farm occupants who own their land, 415 acres of potatoes, 405 ducks, 399 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 395 bushels of rye, 386 bushels of beans, 319 turkeys, 256 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 168 other fowl, 161 farm occupants who rent their land, 150 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 143 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 106, 81 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262893

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. Vincent, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-vincent-on067008-1891/.