Tehkummah, Ontario (1891 census)
Tehkummah was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.619°N, 82.041°W.
Population
In 1891, Tehkummah had a population of 405: 220 male and 185 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 506 |
| 1891 | 405 |
| 1901 | 521 |
| 1911 | 577 |
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, Tehkummah shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 405 total population, 220 males, 185 females, 126 married persons, 80 families, 64 married females, 62 married males, 11 widowed persons, 6 widowed males, 5 average size of families, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 268 single persons under 18, 152 single males under 18, 116 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 400 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 79 houses, 79 houses built of wood, 79 occupied houses, 53 houses of 1 story, 26 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,780 pounds of homemade butter, 13,771 acres of land in farms, 10,727 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,468 bushels of peas, 5,979 bushels of oats, 5,208 bushels of spring wheat, 3,953 bushels of potatoes, 3,044 acres of improved land in farms, 2,612 acres of farmland under crops, 1,445 chickens, 1,405 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,011 acres of hay crops, 745 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 731 tons of hay, 670 bushels of turnips, 526 acres of wheat, 526 bushels of barley, 454 sheep, 405 acres of farmland in pasture, 383 swine, 367 acres of oats, 365 swine slaughtered or sold, 362 other cattle, 219 geese, 219 turkeys, 191 milk cows, 167 ducks, 153 sheep slaughtered or sold, 149 bushels of winter wheat, 110 cattle killed or sold, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 80 occupants of farms, 76 farm occupants who own their land, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 44 acres of potatoes, 36 oxen, 35 acres of barley, 33 horses aged 3 years and under, 33 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 bushels of buckwheat, 5 acres of turnips, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of rye, 3 other fowl, 1 bushels of beans, 1 bushels of corn, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046062— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON054050— 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). "Tehkummah, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tehkummah-on046062-1891/.