Turnberry, Ontario (1891 census)

Turnberry was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,452. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.897°N, 81.245°W.

Population

In 1891, Turnberry had a population of 2,452: 1,239 male and 1,213 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, Turnberry shared boundaries with:

• Culross
• East Wawanosh
• Grey
• Howick
• Kinloss
• Morris
• Wingham, T-V

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 2,452 total population, 1,239 males, 1,213 females, 798 married persons, 475 families, 400 married females, 398 married males, 93 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,561 single persons under 18, 804 single males under 18, 757 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,451 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 471 houses, 471 occupied houses, 386 houses built of wood, 288 houses of 1 story, 228 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 178 houses of 2 stories, 98 houses of 4 rooms, 62 houses built of brick, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses built of stone, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 259,425 bushels of turnips, 98,506 bushels of oats, 75,173 pounds of homemade butter, 44,407 bushels of peas, 37,526 bushels of winter wheat, 35,052 bushels of potatoes, 33,797 acres of land in farms, 24,405 acres of improved land in farms, 17,255 bushels of barley, 16,758 acres of farmland under crops, 13,129 chickens, 12,348 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,392 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,255 tons of hay, 7,129 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,859 acres of hay crops, 3,688 acres of oats, 2,909 other cattle, 2,805 sheep, 2,576 bushels of spring wheat, 2,124 acres of wheat, 1,926 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,857 swine, 1,640 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,592 cattle killed or sold, 1,588 milk cows, 1,563 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 805 horses aged over 3 years, 761 acres of barley, 645 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 569 acres of turnips, 539 geese, 518 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 444 horses aged 3 years and under, 431 occupants of farms, 374 farm occupants who own their land, 372 other fowl, 321 ducks, 292 acres of potatoes, 278 bushels of corn, 256 turkeys, 214 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 150 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 130 bushels of rye, 119 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 57 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 bushels of beans, Capacity of silos (tons): 43, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (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: ON076006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119013_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263031

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). "Turnberry, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/turnberry-on076006-1891/.