Acton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Acton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,209. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q344432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.631°N, 80.033°W.

Population

In 1891, Acton, Village had a population of 1,209: 573 male and 636 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, Acton, Village shared boundaries with:

• Esquesing

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 1,209 total population, 636 females, 573 males, 430 married persons, 261 families, 215 married females, 215 married males, 59 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 720 single persons under 18, 382 single females under 18, 338 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,206 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 258 houses, 258 occupied houses, 202 houses of 2 stories, 181 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 55 houses of 1 story, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,127 bushels of turnips, 4,579 pounds of homemade butter, 4,425 bushels of oats, 3,294 bushels of potatoes, 1,405 acres of land in farms, 1,386 bushels of peas, 1,325 bushels of winter wheat, 1,244 bushels of barley, 1,027 chickens, 996 acres of improved land in farms, 682 acres of farmland under crops, 409 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 253 acres of farmland in pasture, 192 tons of hay, 182 acres of oats, 168 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 163 acres of hay crops, 95 horses aged over 3 years, 85 milk cows, 81 bushels of corn, 77 acres of wheat, 77 swine slaughtered or sold, 74 acres of barley, 72 swine, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 56 occupants of farms, 51 other cattle, 40 farm occupants who own their land, 40 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 acres of turnips, 32 acres of potatoes, 32 cattle killed or sold, 30 sheep slaughtered or sold, 27 sheep, 25 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 19 ducks, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 bushels of buckwheat, 12 turkeys, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 geese, 2 other fowl, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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: ON071001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q344432
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_(Ontario)

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). "Acton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/acton-village-on071001-1891/.