Tossorontio, Ontario (1891 census)

Tossorontio was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 79.957°W.

Population

In 1891, Tossorontio had a population of 1,870: 950 male and 920 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, Tossorontio shared boundaries with:

• Adjala
• Essa
• Mulmur
• Nottawasaga
• Sunnidale
• Tecumseth

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,870 total population, 950 males, 920 females, 605 married persons, 339 families, 304 married females, 301 married males, 51 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,214 single persons under 18, 632 single males under 18, 582 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,870 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 335 houses, 335 occupied houses, 308 houses built of wood, 196 houses of 2 stories, 137 houses of 1 story, 135 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses built of brick, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,360 pounds of homemade butter, 54,727 bushels of winter wheat, 53,779 bushels of oats, 29,807 acres of land in farms, 25,067 bushels of barley, 19,866 acres of improved land in farms, 18,263 bushels of potatoes, 17,420 bushels of turnips, 17,083 acres of farmland under crops, 13,919 bushels of peas, 9,941 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,726 chickens, 8,047 bushels of spring wheat, 4,534 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,249 acres of wheat, 3,337 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,527 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,422 tons of hay, 2,337 acres of oats, 1,935 acres of hay crops, 1,790 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,571 sheep, 1,571 swine, 1,525 bushels of rye, 1,270 other cattle, 1,209 acres of barley, 882 sheep slaughtered or sold, 836 geese, 799 milk cows, 695 cattle killed or sold, 640 bushels of buckwheat, 589 horses aged over 3 years, 488 turkeys, 402 ducks, 297 occupants of farms, 256 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 247 farm occupants who own their land, 241 horses aged 3 years and under, 201 bushels of corn, 200 acres of potatoes, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 113 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 94 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 69 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 59 acres of turnips, 55 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 41 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 oxen, 20 bushels of beans, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 other fowl, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON119007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144015 — 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). "Tossorontio, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tossorontio-on119007-1891/.