Ancaster, Ontario (1891 census)

Ancaster was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,098. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q488909. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.204°N, 80.027°W.

Population

In 1891, Ancaster had a population of 4,098: 2,085 male and 2,013 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, Ancaster shared boundaries with:

• Barton
• Beverley
• Brantford
• Flamborough W-O
• Glanford
• Onondaga
• Seneca

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,098 total population, 2,085 males, 2,013 females, 1,419 married persons, 814 families, 710 married females, 709 married males, 207 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 78 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,472 single persons under 18, 1,298 single males under 18, 1,174 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,098 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 814 occupied houses, 812 houses, 592 houses built of wood, 484 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 415 houses of 2 stories, 396 houses of 1 story, 159 houses built of brick, 105 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 75 houses of 5 rooms, 61 houses built of stone, 61 uninhabited houses, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 268,248 bushels of turnips, 247,858 pounds of homemade butter, 142,720 bushels of oats, 101,852 bushels of potatoes, 89,892 bushels of winter wheat, 73,146 bushels of barley, 46,408 bushels of corn, 45,629 acres of land in farms, 39,358 acres of improved land in farms, 37,446 bushels of peas, 31,071 acres of farmland under crops, 21,791 chickens, 12,880 tons of hay, 9,742 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,102 acres of hay crops, 6,568 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,380 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,270 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,728 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,490 acres of wheat, 5,416 acres of oats, 4,555 swine, 4,001 bushels of spring wheat, 3,542 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,117 acres of barley, 2,403 milk cows, 2,401 other cattle, 2,301 sheep, 2,266 bushels of buckwheat, 1,994 horses aged over 3 years, 1,907 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,433 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,297 cattle killed or sold, 1,051 acres of potatoes, 758 occupants of farms, 720 horses aged 3 years and under, 690 bushels of rye, 625 geese, 623 acres of turnips, 556 farm occupants who own their land, 523 ducks, 393 turkeys, 280 bushels of beans, 278 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 202 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 187 farm occupants who rent their land, 133 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 128 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 113 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 78 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 75, 23 oxen, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 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 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: ON048001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q488909
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancaster,_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). "Ancaster, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ancaster-on048001-1891/.