Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Alexandria, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,614. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2077128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.312°N, 74.626°W.

Population

In 1891, Alexandria, Village had a population of 1,614: 771 male and 843 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lochiel, 1881 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Alexandria, Village shared boundaries with:

• Lochiel

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,614 total population, 843 females, 771 males, 465 married persons, 307 families, 235 married females, 230 married males, 82 widowed persons, 62 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,067 single persons under 18, 546 single females under 18, 521 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,095 persons who are not French Canadian, 519 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 297 houses, 297 occupied houses, 268 houses of 2 stories, 263 houses built of wood, 113 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses built of brick, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 1 story, 12 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,520 pounds of homemade butter, 2,366 bushels of potatoes, 1,816 chickens, 421 bushels of oats, 347 acres of land in farms, 298 acres of improved land in farms, 216 milk cows, 168 horses aged over 3 years, 148 acres of farmland under crops, 130 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 116 acres of farmland in pasture, 108 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 102 swine slaughtered or sold, 85 tons of hay, 70 bushels of corn, 57 acres of hay crops, 57 swine, 52 bushels of barley, 49 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 42 bushels of spring wheat, 40 occupants of farms, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 bushels of peas, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 bushels of turnips, 33 sheep, 25 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 24 cattle killed or sold, 22 other cattle, 20 acres of oats, 20 acres of potatoes, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 farm occupants who own their land, 17 ducks, 11 geese, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 acres of barley, 3 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of beans, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 turkeys. (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: ON065001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON112005_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2077128
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_(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). "Alexandria, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alexandria-village-on065001-1891/.