Anderdon, Ontario (1891 census)

Anderdon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,205. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.147°N, 83.041°W.

Population

In 1891, Anderdon had a population of 2,205: 1,148 male and 1,057 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, Anderdon shared boundaries with:

• Colchester N
• Malden
• Sandwich E
• Sandwich W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,205 total population, 1,148 males, 1,057 females, 702 married persons, 398 families, 352 married males, 350 married females, 72 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,431 single persons under 18, 762 single males under 18, 669 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,260 persons who are not French Canadian, 945 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 388 occupied houses, 384 houses, 373 houses built of wood, 261 houses of 2 stories, 152 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 121 houses of 1 story, 76 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 42 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses built of stone, 5 houses built of brick, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 158,775 bushels of corn, 72,887 pounds of homemade butter, 57,989 bushels of oats, 27,479 bushels of winter wheat, 20,905 acres of land in farms, 17,593 acres of improved land in farms, 11,202 acres of farmland under crops, 10,048 chickens, 8,744 bushels of potatoes, 8,347 bushels of barley, 5,818 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,507 bushels of spring wheat, 4,327 bushels of turnips, 3,667 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,587 swine, 3,312 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,204 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,966 acres of wheat, 2,655 acres of oats, 2,244 tons of hay, 1,910 bushels of peas, 1,761 acres of hay crops, 1,043 other cattle, 994 sheep, 939 horses aged over 3 years, 857 milk cows, 573 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 526 geese, 517 cattle killed or sold, 514 acres of barley, 453 ducks, 396 horses aged 3 years and under, 396 sheep slaughtered or sold, 377 occupants of farms, 302 bushels of buckwheat, 284 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 281 farm occupants who own their land, 250 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 248 turkeys, 151 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 147 acres of potatoes, 115 other fowl, 114 bushels of beans, 97 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 96 farm occupants who rent their land, 89 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 70 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 60 bushels of rye, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 6 oxen, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON063002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110001 — 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). "Anderdon, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/anderdon-on063002-1891/.