Unorganized Territory, Ontario (1891 census)
Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 910. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.576°N, 80.141°W.
Population
In 1891, Unorganized Territory had a population of 910: 456 male and 454 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 contained Unorganized Territory, 1881 (1.2% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Unorganized Territory, 1881 (0.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Martland, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Crerar & parts Badgerow, Gibbons & Bastedo, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rathburn, Street & part Maclennan, 1901 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Montreal River & Temagami Lake, 1901 (18.6% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Buck, 1901 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dymond, Harley, Hudson, Kerns & part Harris, 1901 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Casey, Hilliard, Brethour, Ingram & part Harris, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Unorganized Territory shared boundaries with:
- Alice & Fraser
- Appleby, Hagar, Awrey, Hawley, Dryden, Dill & Nelson
- Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot
- Blair, Brown, Burton, Shawanaga, Harrison, Walbridge, Mowat & French River
- Blezard, McKim (including Sudbury & Broder)
- Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph
- Calvin, Lauder, Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lyster & Boyd
- Cameron, Deacon & Fitzgerald
- Chelmsford & Cartier
- Ferrie, Mills, Hardy, Wilson, McConkey & McKenzie
- Finlayson & Peck
- Gurd, Pringle & Patterson
- Harcourt, Dudley, Dysart, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Clyde, Eyre, Havelock, Livingstone, Lawrence & Nightingale
- Head, Maria & Clara
- Joly, Strong & Sundridge, Village
- Kirkpatrick, Hugel, Ratter & Dunnett
- Nipissing, Indian Reserve, Springer, Field, Badgerow & Caldwell
- NO DATA
- NO DATA
- Norman
- North Bay (Town—Ville), Widdifield, Phelps & Olrig
- Papineau & Mattawa
- Petewawa & McKay
- Sabine, Airey, Lyell, Murchison & Robinson
- Sherwood, Richards & Burns
- Unorganized Territory
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 910 total population, 456 males, 454 females, 270 married persons, 186 families, 135 married females, 135 married males, 13 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 627 single persons under 18, 318 single males under 18, 309 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 889 persons who are not French Canadian, 21 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 186 occupied houses, 100 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 86 houses, 86 houses built of wood, 86 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,130 bushels of oats, 5,095 acres of land in farms, 3,938 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,525 bushels of potatoes, 1,600 pounds of homemade butter, 1,157 acres of improved land in farms, 1,094 acres of farmland under crops, 274 chickens, 270 bushels of turnips, 256 acres of hay crops, 256 acres of oats, 245 bushels of peas, 223 tons of hay, 100 bushels of buckwheat, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 84 other cattle, 63 acres of farmland in pasture, 39 milk cows, 38 horses aged over 3 years, 36 cattle killed or sold, 26 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 25 occupants of farms, 23 farm occupants who own their land, 22 swine, 20 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 19 sheep, 18 acres of potatoes, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON096012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON096012— 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). "Unorganized Territory, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/unorganized-territory-on096012-1891/.