Usborne, Ontario (1891 census)

Usborne was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,528. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.347°N, 81.401°W.

Population

In 1891, Usborne had a population of 2,528: 1,278 male and 1,250 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, Usborne shared boundaries with:

• Biddulph
• Blanchard
• Fullarton
• Hay
• Hibbert
• Stephen
• Tuckersmith

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 2,528 total population, 1,278 males, 1,250 females, 856 married persons, 519 families, 429 married females, 427 married males, 98 widowed persons, 51 widowed males, 47 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,574 single persons under 18, 800 single males under 18, 774 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,527 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 512 houses, 512 occupied houses, 388 houses of 1 story, 327 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 277 houses built of wood, 214 houses built of brick, 124 houses of 2 stories, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 34 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 21 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 245,716 bushels of turnips, 168,750 bushels of oats, 126,614 pounds of homemade butter, 90,354 bushels of barley, 69,257 bushels of winter wheat, 43,137 acres of land in farms, 41,947 bushels of peas, 36,913 acres of improved land in farms, 27,424 bushels of potatoes, 27,200 acres of farmland under crops, 22,097 chickens, 14,287 bushels of spring wheat, 13,736 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,106 tons of hay, 9,025 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,236 acres of hay crops, 6,224 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,259 acres of oats, 4,235 other cattle, 4,085 acres of wheat, 3,720 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,660 acres of barley, 3,500 swine, 2,757 sheep, 1,892 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,672 cattle killed or sold, 1,619 milk cows, 1,538 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,216 horses aged over 3 years, 992 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 906 horses aged 3 years and under, 713 bushels of corn, 696 geese, 688 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 672 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 615 acres of turnips, 575 bushels of rye, 528 occupants of farms, 480 ducks, 461 turkeys, 388 farm occupants who own their land, 251 acres of potatoes, 226 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 139 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 137 farm occupants who rent their land, 88 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 bushels of beans, 60 other fowl, 59 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 bushels of buckwheat, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (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: ON109007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263051

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). "Usborne, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/usborne-on109007-1891/.