Stisted & McMurrich, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Stisted & McMurrich (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Stisted & McMurrich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.400°N, 79.420°W.

Population

In 1891, Stisted & McMurrich had a population of 1,372: 762 male and 610 female residents.

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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Stisted, 1901 (51.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained McMurrich, 1901 (48.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Stisted & McMurrich shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,372 total population, 762 males, 610 females, 430 married persons, 282 families, 215 married females, 215 married males, 24 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 918 single persons under 18, 533 single males under 18, 385 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,372 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 268 occupied houses, 263 houses, 260 houses built of wood, 203 houses of 1 story, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 63 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 2 stories, 53 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,038 pounds of homemade butter, 49,309 acres of land in farms, 40,752 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 37,166 bushels of oats, 27,606 bushels of turnips, 24,563 bushels of potatoes, 8,557 acres of improved land in farms, 7,254 acres of farmland under crops, 5,787 bushels of peas, 5,297 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,882 chickens, 3,364 tons of hay, 3,188 acres of hay crops, 1,974 acres of oats, 1,285 sheep, 1,280 bushels of spring wheat, 1,206 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,006 other cattle, 992 bushels of rye, 875 bushels of barley, 572 milk cows, 540 sheep slaughtered or sold, 521 swine, 443 bushels of buckwheat, 419 swine slaughtered or sold, 390 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 379 cattle killed or sold, 279 occupants of farms, 272 farm occupants who own their land, 208 horses aged over 3 years, 191 acres of potatoes, 168 oxen, 151 acres of wheat, 148 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 122 geese, 106 acres of turnips, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 78 turkeys, 69 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 67 horses aged 3 years and under, 59 acres of barley, 58 bushels of winter wheat, 47 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 42 bushels of beans, 38 bushels of corn, 24 ducks, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 other fowl, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Stisted & McMurrich, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stisted-mcmurrich-on095020-1891/.