Alfred, Ontario (1891 census)

Alfred was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,053. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2834929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.567°N, 74.883°W.

Population

In 1891, Alfred had a population of 3,053: 1,582 male and 1,471 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, Alfred shared boundaries with:

• Caledonia
• Longueuil
• Plantagenet N
• Plantagenet S

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 3,053 total population, 1,582 males, 1,471 females, 956 married persons, 515 families, 478 married females, 478 married males, 67 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,030 single persons under 18, 1,083 single males under 18, 947 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,721 French Canadians, 332 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 484 occupied houses, 482 houses, 441 houses built of wood, 367 houses of 1 story, 151 houses of 3 rooms, 110 houses of 2 stories, 110 uninhabited houses, 86 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 78 houses of 2 rooms, 76 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses of 1 room, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses built of brick, 8 houses built of stone, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 87,759 bushels of oats, 47,584 pounds of homemade butter, 35,522 acres of land in farms, 30,791 acres of improved land in farms, 25,404 acres of farmland under crops, 24,734 bushels of potatoes, 12,444 bushels of peas, 11,947 bushels of spring wheat, 10,214 chickens, 8,701 tons of hay, 8,583 acres of hay crops, 8,210 bushels of barley, 6,720 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,421 acres of oats, 5,250 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,731 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,762 bushels of corn, 2,258 bushels of buckwheat, 1,902 sheep, 1,890 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,772 bushels of turnips, 1,624 milk cows, 1,461 acres of wheat, 1,161 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,147 other cattle, 1,067 swine, 988 sheep slaughtered or sold, 915 horses aged over 3 years, 653 acres of barley, 473 occupants of farms, 421 farm occupants who own their land, 386 horses aged 3 years and under, 290 acres of potatoes, 281 turkeys, 256 bushels of beans, 252 cattle killed or sold, 203 geese, 176 swine slaughtered or sold, 172 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 137 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 105 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 103 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 84 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 60 ducks, 49 other fowl, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of rye, 6 acres of turnips, 5 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (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: ON112001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2834929
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_(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). "Alfred, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alfred-on112001-1891/.