Tecumseth, Ontario (1891 census)

Tecumseth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.084°N, 79.767°W.

Population

In 1891, Tecumseth had a population of 3,863: 2,006 male and 1,857 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, Tecumseth shared boundaries with:

• Adjala
• Albion
• Alliston, T-V
• Beeton, VL
• Essa
• Gwillimbury W-O
• King
• Tossorontio
• Tottenham, VL

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 3,863 total population, 2,006 males, 1,857 females, 1,137 married persons, 706 families, 571 married males, 566 married females, 188 widowed persons, 123 widowed females, 65 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,538 single persons under 18, 1,370 single males under 18, 1,168 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,855 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 695 houses, 695 occupied houses, 627 houses of 2 stories, 567 houses built of wood, 402 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 120 houses built of brick, 115 houses of 4 rooms, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 65 houses of 1 story, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 200,230 bushels of oats, 184,017 pounds of homemade butter, 169,439 bushels of winter wheat, 127,305 bushels of barley, 69,943 bushels of peas, 62,423 acres of land in farms, 61,553 bushels of turnips, 61,426 bushels of potatoes, 51,255 acres of improved land in farms, 44,553 acres of farmland under crops, 29,970 bushels of spring wheat, 29,511 chickens, 15,311 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,225 acres of wheat, 11,168 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,601 acres of oats, 6,044 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,026 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,925 tons of hay, 5,127 acres of barley, 4,929 swine, 4,631 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,925 acres of hay crops, 3,626 sheep, 3,163 geese, 2,975 other cattle, 2,275 turkeys, 2,112 milk cows, 2,014 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,975 bushels of rye, 1,946 ducks, 1,931 horses aged over 3 years, 1,440 cattle killed or sold, 818 horses aged 3 years and under, 684 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 676 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 666 occupants of farms, 551 acres of potatoes, 491 farm occupants who own their land, 235 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 218 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 180 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 164 farm occupants who rent their land, 161 acres of turnips, 152 bushels of corn, 150 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 135 other fowl, 61 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 32 bushels of buckwheat, 15 oxen, 11 employees on farms, 8 bushels of beans. (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: ON119006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144013 — 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). "Tecumseth, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tecumseth-on119006-1891/.