Stephen, Ontario (1891 census)
Stephen was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,271. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.299°N, 81.621°W.
Population
In 1891, Stephen had a population of 4,271: 2,192 male and 2,079 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 742 |
| 1861 | 2,826 |
| 1871 | 4,349 |
| 1881 | 4,504 |
| 1891 | 4,271 |
| 1901 | 4,172 |
| 1911 | 3,453 |
| 1921 | 2,895 |
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, Stephen shared boundaries with:
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 4,271 total population, 2,192 males, 2,079 females, 1,399 married persons, 834 families, 701 married males, 698 married females, 172 widowed persons, 108 widowed females, 64 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,700 single persons under 18, 1,427 single males under 18, 1,273 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,157 persons who are not French Canadian, 114 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 826 occupied houses, 825 houses, 764 houses of 1 story, 641 houses built of wood, 366 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 182 houses built of brick, 157 houses of 4 rooms, 105 houses of 3 rooms, 94 houses of 5 rooms, 60 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses of 2 rooms, 45 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 168,579 bushels of oats, 147,059 pounds of homemade butter, 103,435 bushels of winter wheat, 62,937 bushels of turnips, 52,583 acres of land in farms, 43,580 bushels of barley, 40,927 acres of improved land in farms, 36,208 bushels of peas, 30,363 acres of farmland under crops, 25,024 chickens, 23,532 bushels of potatoes, 12,292 bushels of spring wheat, 11,876 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,656 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,260 tons of hay, 9,797 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,586 acres of hay crops, 6,094 acres of wheat, 5,997 acres of oats, 4,152 bushels of corn, 3,768 other cattle, 3,585 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,225 sheep, 2,599 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,376 swine, 1,961 acres of barley, 1,945 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,824 milk cows, 1,738 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,682 cattle killed or sold, 1,534 horses aged over 3 years, 1,285 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 898 horses aged 3 years and under, 866 geese, 795 occupants of farms, 767 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 633 farm occupants who own their land, 478 ducks, 338 turkeys, 321 acres of potatoes, 295 bushels of buckwheat, 268 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 223 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 201 acres of turnips, 190 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 158 farm occupants who rent their land, 94 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 80 bushels of beans, 60 other fowl, 30 bushels of rye, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 oxen, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119011_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262903
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). "Stephen, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stephen-on091007-1891/.