Sydenham, Ontario (1891 census)

Sydenham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,903. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7659765. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.578°N, 80.810°W.

Population

In 1891, Sydenham had a population of 3,903: 2,015 male and 1,888 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, Sydenham shared boundaries with:

• Derby
• Holland
• Owen Sound, C
• St. Vincent

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 3,903 total population, 2,015 males, 1,888 females, 1,136 married persons, 749 families, 569 married males, 567 married females, 163 widowed persons, 110 widowed females, 53 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,604 single persons under 18, 1,393 single males under 18, 1,211 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,897 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 737 occupied houses, 733 houses, 600 houses built of wood, 387 houses of 2 stories, 380 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 344 houses of 1 story, 128 houses of 4 rooms, 76 houses of 5 rooms, 75 houses built of brick, 65 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses built of stone, 53 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 280,295 pounds of homemade butter, 232,663 bushels of turnips, 169,810 bushels of oats, 70,087 acres of land in farms, 68,974 bushels of potatoes, 66,549 bushels of peas, 48,208 acres of improved land in farms, 35,850 bushels of spring wheat, 33,955 acres of farmland under crops, 27,827 bushels of winter wheat, 26,048 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22,164 chickens, 21,883 bushels of barley, 21,879 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,398 tons of hay, 13,274 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,396 acres of hay crops, 6,424 acres of oats, 5,995 sheep, 5,537 other cattle, 5,120 acres of wheat, 4,938 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,663 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,695 milk cows, 2,339 cattle killed or sold, 2,266 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,007 swine, 1,505 horses aged over 3 years, 1,398 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,100 acres of barley, 1,077 ducks, 1,058 geese, 979 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 885 turkeys, 785 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 705 occupants of farms, 632 horses aged 3 years and under, 589 acres of turnips, 582 farm occupants who own their land, 483 acres of potatoes, 396 bushels of corn, 328 bushels of beans, 284 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 191 other fowl, 181 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 122 farm occupants who rent their land, 108 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 92 bushels of buckwheat, 78 oxen, 37 bushels of rye, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 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 2 people 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: ON068007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7659765
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydenham,_Grey_County,_Ontario

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). "Sydenham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sydenham-on068007-1891/.