Zone, Ontario (1891 census)
Zone was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,401. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.612°N, 81.933°W.
Population
In 1891, Zone had a population of 1,401: 754 male and 647 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,159 |
| 1871 | 1,083 |
| 1881 | 1,495 |
| 1891 | 1,401 |
| 1901 | 1,326 |
| 1911 | 1,102 |
| 1921 | 905 |
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, Zone shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,401 total population, 754 males, 647 females, 499 married persons, 286 families, 250 married males, 249 married females, 46 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 856 single persons under 18, 490 single males under 18, 366 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,400 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 283 houses, 283 occupied houses, 262 houses built of wood, 201 houses of 2 stories, 108 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 82 houses of 1 story, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 76,827 pounds of homemade butter, 60,239 bushels of corn, 38,178 bushels of oats, 26,925 bushels of turnips, 22,692 bushels of winter wheat, 20,392 acres of land in farms, 15,626 acres of improved land in farms, 14,372 bushels of potatoes, 10,782 acres of farmland under crops, 8,592 chickens, 6,952 bushels of peas, 6,221 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,766 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,376 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,979 tons of hay, 2,656 acres of hay crops, 2,334 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,222 bushels of beans, 1,691 swine, 1,642 bushels of barley, 1,604 acres of oats, 1,545 other cattle, 1,446 bushels of buckwheat, 1,290 acres of wheat, 1,278 bushels of rye, 1,202 sheep, 887 sheep slaughtered or sold, 850 milk cows, 839 cattle killed or sold, 572 horses aged over 3 years, 468 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 390 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 315 geese, 310 horses aged 3 years and under, 290 turkeys, 268 occupants of farms, 235 farm occupants who own their land, 151 acres of potatoes, 112 ducks, 104 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 97 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 92 acres of turnips, 88 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 86 acres of barley, 45 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON047010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121010— 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). "Zone, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/zone-on047010-1891/.