1891 Canadian census
The Census of Canada 1890–91 was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. The census took place on April 5, 1891. The total population count of Canada was 4,833,239, an increase of 11.8% over the 1881 census of 4,324,810.
The previous census was the 1881 census and the following census was the 1901 census.
Census summary
Information was collected on the following subjects, with nine "schedules" or census data collection forms associated with each subject:- Living persons
- Deaths and public institutions
- Real estate, orchard products, nurseries, vineyards and market gardens
- Farm products
- Live stock, animal products, home-made fabrics, furs, and farm labour
- Industrial establishments
- Forest products
- Shipping and mining
- Fisheries
Canada by the numbers
| Total population | 4,833,239 |
| Total dwellings | 877,586 |
| Families | 921,643 |
| Men | 2,460,471 |
| Women | 2,372,768 |