Albion, Ontario (1891 census)
Albion was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,142. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4712560. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.901°N, 79.813°W.
Population
In 1891, Albion had a population of 3,142: 1,659 male and 1,483 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,281 |
| 1861 | 5,078 |
| 1871 | 4,857 |
| 1881 | 3,872 |
| 1891 | 3,142 |
| 1901 | 2,741 |
| 1911 | 2,545 |
| 1921 | 2,156 |
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, Albion shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,142 total population, 1,659 males, 1,483 females, 931 married persons, 623 families, 468 married males, 463 married females, 144 widowed persons, 85 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,067 single persons under 18, 1,132 single males under 18, 935 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,141 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 612 houses, 612 occupied houses, 521 houses built of wood, 389 houses of 2 stories, 372 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 222 houses of 1 story, 106 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses built of brick, 61 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 36 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 160,656 pounds of homemade butter, 141,661 bushels of oats, 83,977 bushels of barley, 79,902 bushels of winter wheat, 67,039 bushels of turnips, 54,982 acres of land in farms, 53,364 bushels of peas, 50,467 bushels of potatoes, 46,211 acres of improved land in farms, 38,872 acres of farmland under crops, 35,460 bushels of spring wheat, 34,190 chickens, 16,135 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,771 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,705 acres of wheat, 6,658 tons of hay, 6,578 ducks, 6,524 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,299 acres of oats, 6,148 bushels of rye, 5,696 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,206 swine, 4,953 geese, 4,769 acres of hay crops, 4,605 turkeys, 4,126 acres of barley, 3,176 sheep, 2,244 bushels of corn, 2,116 other cattle, 1,838 milk cows, 1,600 horses aged over 3 years, 1,417 sheep slaughtered or sold, 959 cattle killed or sold, 815 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 751 horses aged 3 years and under, 592 occupants of farms, 519 acres of potatoes, 498 farm occupants who own their land, 485 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 261 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 223 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 210 other fowl, 201 acres of turnips, 139 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 136 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 93 farm occupants who rent their land, 88 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of beans, 2 oxen, 1 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Francis McSpiritt | 1836–1895 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON054002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON136001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4712560
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Township,_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). "Albion, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/albion-on054002-1891/.