Tenby Bay, Ontario (1891 census)
Tenby Bay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 369. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.120°N, 83.898°W.
Population
In 1891, Tenby Bay had a population of 369: 207 male and 162 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Joseph, 1881 (0.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Jocelyn, 1901 (1.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Tenby Bay shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 369 total population, 207 males, 162 females, 128 married persons, 74 families, 65 married females, 63 married males, 10 widowed persons, 5 average size of families, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 231 single persons under 18, 139 single males under 18, 92 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 369 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 74 occupied houses, 70 houses, 70 houses built of wood, 53 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 1 story, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 5 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,748 acres of land in farms, 14,935 pounds of homemade butter, 13,675 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,178 bushels of potatoes, 4,568 bushels of oats, 2,073 acres of improved land in farms, 1,974 bushels of peas, 1,635 acres of farmland under crops, 1,377 bushels of spring wheat, 1,126 bushels of turnips, 921 chickens, 913 tons of hay, 799 acres of hay crops, 759 bushels of buckwheat, 437 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 393 acres of farmland in pasture, 309 bushels of barley, 261 other cattle, 235 acres of oats, 234 bushels of rye, 203 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 188 bushels of corn, 152 milk cows, 136 acres of wheat, 116 sheep, 97 swine slaughtered or sold, 94 swine, 77 occupants of farms, 76 farm occupants who own their land, 62 cattle killed or sold, 62 sheep slaughtered or sold, 58 horses aged over 3 years, 52 acres of potatoes, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 oxen, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 turkeys, 17 bushels of beans, 17 geese, 16 acres of barley, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 ducks, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046023— 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). "Tenby Bay, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tenby-bay-on046023-1891/.