Sunnidale, Ontario (1891 census)

Sunnidale was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,772. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262940. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.399°N, 79.986°W.

Population

In 1891, Sunnidale had a population of 2,772: 1,472 male and 1,300 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, Sunnidale shared boundaries with:

• Essa
• Flos
• Nottawasaga
• Tossorontio
• Vespra

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 2,772 total population, 1,472 males, 1,300 females, 859 married persons, 501 families, 430 married females, 429 married males, 80 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,833 single persons under 18, 1,007 single males under 18, 826 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,715 persons who are not French Canadian, 58 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 501 occupied houses, 497 houses, 474 houses built of wood, 250 houses of 2 stories, 247 houses of 1 story, 181 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 78 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 3 rooms, 49 houses of 2 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of brick, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 127,687 pounds of homemade butter, 82,369 bushels of oats, 69,652 bushels of turnips, 62,273 bushels of winter wheat, 45,363 acres of land in farms, 45,332 bushels of peas, 37,754 bushels of potatoes, 28,969 bushels of barley, 28,506 acres of improved land in farms, 24,682 acres of farmland under crops, 16,857 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,587 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,147 chickens, 8,099 bushels of spring wheat, 7,018 tons of hay, 5,196 acres of hay crops, 4,686 acres of wheat, 3,717 acres of oats, 3,402 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,616 sheep, 2,318 swine, 2,313 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,040 other cattle, 1,667 bushels of rye, 1,537 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,522 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,518 acres of barley, 1,394 milk cows, 1,352 bushels of buckwheat, 1,195 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,016 cattle killed or sold, 1,004 horses aged over 3 years, 746 bushels of corn, 500 occupants of farms, 489 geese, 450 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 428 horses aged 3 years and under, 422 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 390 acres of potatoes, 349 farm occupants who own their land, 238 ducks, 208 turkeys, 205 acres of turnips, 168 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 150 farm occupants who rent their land, 112 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 other fowl, 60 bushels of beans, 37 oxen, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 5, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON118007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262940

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). "Sunnidale, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sunnidale-on118007-1891/.