Aldborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Aldborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,299. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260678. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.586°N, 81.669°W.

Population

In 1891, Aldborough had a population of 5,299: 2,737 male and 2,562 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, Aldborough shared boundaries with:

• Dunwich
• Mosa
• Orford

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 5,299 total population, 2,737 males, 2,562 females, 1,724 married persons, 1,077 families, 862 married females, 862 married males, 232 widowed persons, 152 widowed females, 80 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,343 single persons under 18, 1,795 single males under 18, 1,548 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,294 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,064 occupied houses, 1,058 houses, 971 houses built of wood, 969 houses of 1 story, 476 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 143 houses of 4 rooms, 141 houses of 5 rooms, 112 houses of 3 rooms, 105 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 88 houses of 2 stories, 86 houses built of brick, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 43 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 189,539 pounds of homemade butter, 115,821 bushels of winter wheat, 105,837 bushels of corn, 95,231 bushels of oats, 70,505 acres of land in farms, 47,460 acres of improved land in farms, 44,637 bushels of potatoes, 35,883 bushels of beans, 34,440 acres of farmland under crops, 25,484 chickens, 24,250 bushels of peas, 23,582 bushels of turnips, 23,045 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,303 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,834 tons of hay, 11,639 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,105 bushels of barley, 7,961 acres of hay crops, 7,072 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,488 acres of wheat, 5,596 sheep, 5,544 swine, 4,766 other cattle, 4,664 acres of oats, 3,508 bushels of buckwheat, 2,981 milk cows, 2,863 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,456 cattle killed or sold, 2,410 bushels of rye, 1,917 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,886 horses aged over 3 years, 1,557 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,381 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,076 geese, 925 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 909 occupants of farms, 888 horses aged 3 years and under, 764 farm occupants who own their land, 581 turkeys, 502 acres of barley, 473 acres of potatoes, 469 ducks, 295 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 255 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 232 bushels of spring wheat, 183 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 145 farm occupants who rent their land, 145 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 98 acres of turnips, 87 other fowl, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON061001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260678

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). "Aldborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/aldborough-on061001-1891/.