Storrington, Ontario (1891 census)

Storrington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.437°N, 76.395°W.

Population

In 1891, Storrington had a population of 2,285: 1,208 male and 1,077 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, Storrington shared boundaries with:

• Bedford
• Crosby S
• Kingston
• Lansdowne & Leeds, Rear
• Loughborough
• Pittsburg

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 2,285 total population, 1,208 males, 1,077 females, 723 married persons, 442 families, 363 married females, 360 married males, 105 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,457 single persons under 18, 798 single males under 18, 659 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,270 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 437 occupied houses, 420 houses, 352 houses built of wood, 284 houses of 1 story, 216 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 136 houses of 2 stories, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses built of stone, 39 uninhabited houses, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses built of brick, 17 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 97,078 pounds of homemade butter, 66,429 bushels of oats, 47,111 acres of land in farms, 37,278 bushels of potatoes, 33,996 acres of improved land in farms, 19,614 bushels of barley, 19,224 acres of farmland under crops, 16,228 bushels of peas, 14,270 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,115 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,400 chickens, 10,719 bushels of spring wheat, 9,706 bushels of turnips, 7,732 tons of hay, 7,044 acres of hay crops, 5,534 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,586 bushels of rye, 4,512 bushels of corn, 3,996 acres of oats, 2,435 milk cows, 1,834 bushels of winter wheat, 1,828 other cattle, 1,731 swine, 1,721 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,542 sheep, 1,259 acres of barley, 1,220 acres of wheat, 1,166 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,085 bushels of buckwheat, 901 sheep slaughtered or sold, 846 horses aged over 3 years, 760 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 665 cattle killed or sold, 567 acres of potatoes, 551 turkeys, 502 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 491 geese, 370 occupants of farms, 331 horses aged 3 years and under, 326 farm occupants who own their land, 265 ducks, 128 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 114 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 106 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 90, 56 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 52 other fowl, 47 acres of turnips, 46 bushels of beans, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON064006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111015 — 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). "Storrington, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/storrington-on064006-1891/.