Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Alvinston, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Alvinston, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,006. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.826°N, 81.848°W.
Population
In 1891, Alvinston, Village had a population of 1,006: 521 male and 485 female residents. Population density was 1002.9 people per square mile.
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, Alvinston, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.50 |
| FAM NO | 221 |
| Number of families | 221 |
| Number of females | 485 |
| Number of males | 521 |
| Number of married females | 183 |
| Number of married males | 184 |
| Number of married persons | 367 |
| Number of widowed females | 36 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 45 |
| POP F | 485 |
| POP M | 521 |
| POP TOT | 1,006 |
| Total population | 1,006 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 266 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 328 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 594 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,006 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 221 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 34 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 187 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 50 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 170 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 140 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 221 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 14 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 516 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 349 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 593 |
| Acres of hay crops | 200 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,240 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,589 |
| Acres of oats | 135 |
| Acres of potatoes | 40 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 101 |
| BAR AC | 14 |
| BAR BU | 277 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 277 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,875 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,533 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 319 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,717 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,380 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 2,848 |
| BWT BU | 54 |
| CRN BU | 1,875 |
| HAY AC | 200 |
| HAY TONS | 356 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 113 |
| Number of chickens | 1,214 |
| Number of ducks | 17 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 144 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 75 |
| Number of geese | 6 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 29 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 104 |
| Number of milk cows | 68 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 219 |
| Number of other cattle | 84 |
| Number of other fowl | 35 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 198 |
| Number of sheep | 53 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 37 |
| Number of swine | 78 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 121 |
| Number of turkeys | 19 |
| OAT AC | 135 |
| OAT BU | 3,533 |
| PEA BU | 319 |
| POT AC | 40 |
| POT BU | 3,717 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 259 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 5,418 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 356 |
| WHT AC | 101 |
| WHT FALL BU | 2,848 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 11 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 7 |
| BEN BU | 16 |
| BUTTER LB | 5,418 |
| CATTLE KS | 113 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 266 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 328 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 594 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 259 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 29 |
| DUCKS | 17 |
| FAMILIES | 221 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.50 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 6 |
| GRA BU | 6 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,214 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 104 |
| HOUSES | 221 |
| HOUSES B | 34 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 14 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 19 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 50 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 140 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 170 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 19 |
| HOUSES W | 187 |
| INF 11 A | 198 |
| MD FEM | 183 |
| MD MALE | 184 |
| MD TOT | 367 |
| MILK COWS | 68 |
| NAME CD | Lambton, East—Est |
| OC F | 75 |
| OC P | 144 |
| OC TOT | 219 |
| OTHER FOWL | 35 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 84 |
| OTHERS | 1,006 |
| SHEEP | 53 |
| SHEEP KS | 37 |
| SUP AM | 1,240 |
| SUP FOR | 349 |
| SUP PAT | 516 |
| SUP SC | 593 |
| SUP TOT | 1,589 |
| SWINE | 78 |
| SWINE KS | 121 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 221 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 2,380 |
| TURKEY | 19 |
| WID FEM | 36 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 45 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON081001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122015_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Alvinston, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/alvinston-village-on081001-1891/.