Tuckersmith, Ontario (1891 census)

Tuckersmith was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,867. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263026. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.513°N, 81.457°W.

Population

In 1891, Tuckersmith had a population of 2,867: 1,442 male and 1,425 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, Tuckersmith shared boundaries with:

• Hay
• Hibbert
• Hullett
• McKillop
• Seaforth, Town—Ville
• Stanley
• Usborne

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 2,867 total population, 1,442 males, 1,425 females, 862 married persons, 579 families, 432 married females, 430 married males, 146 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 58 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,859 single persons under 18, 954 single males under 18, 905 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,867 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 570 houses, 570 occupied houses, 488 houses of 1 story, 409 houses built of wood, 336 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 142 houses built of brick, 82 houses of 2 stories, 72 houses of 5 rooms, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses built of stone, 11 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 208,593 bushels of turnips, 172,822 bushels of oats, 119,024 pounds of homemade butter, 50,713 bushels of barley, 41,484 bushels of winter wheat, 40,272 acres of land in farms, 35,004 bushels of peas, 33,900 acres of improved land in farms, 22,987 acres of farmland under crops, 22,682 bushels of potatoes, 19,554 chickens, 10,586 tons of hay, 9,892 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,372 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,314 bushels of spring wheat, 6,255 acres of hay crops, 5,434 acres of oats, 5,190 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,549 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,232 other cattle, 2,387 acres of wheat, 2,276 sheep, 2,247 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,170 acres of barley, 2,103 swine, 1,867 cattle killed or sold, 1,600 bushels of corn, 1,456 milk cows, 1,445 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,419 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,150 horses aged over 3 years, 1,052 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 691 horses aged 3 years and under, 571 geese, 530 occupants of farms, 521 ducks, 501 acres of turnips, 476 turkeys, 446 farm occupants who own their land, 226 acres of potatoes, 205 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 179 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 82 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 80 farm occupants who rent their land, 54 other fowl, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 45 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON077007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263026

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). "Tuckersmith, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tuckersmith-on077007-1891/.