Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Ashburnham, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Ashburnham, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,674. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.298°N, 78.312°W.
Population
In 1891, Ashburnham, Village had a population of 1,674: 806 male and 868 female residents. Population density was 1668.8 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, Ashburnham, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 327 |
| Number of families | 327 |
| Number of females | 868 |
| Number of males | 806 |
| Number of married females | 274 |
| Number of married males | 274 |
| Number of married persons | 548 |
| Number of widowed females | 55 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 79 |
| POP F | 868 |
| POP M | 806 |
| POP TOT | 1,674 |
| Total population | 1,674 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 539 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 508 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,047 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 15 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,659 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 325 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 107 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 217 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 225 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 95 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 39 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 215 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses under construction | 14 |
| Number of occupied houses | 325 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 34 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 109 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 260 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 72 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 590 |
| Acres of hay crops | 240 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 959 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,031 |
| Acres of oats | 252 |
| Acres of potatoes | 62 |
| Acres of turnips | 8 |
| Acres of wheat | 88 |
| BAR AC | 34 |
| BAR BU | 780 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 780 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 73 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,106 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 911 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,647 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 904 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,998 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 525 |
| BWT BU | 25 |
| CRN BU | 73 |
| HAY AC | 240 |
| HAY TONS | 370 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 11 |
| Number of chickens | 1,945 |
| Number of ducks | 34 |
| Number of employees on farms | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 176 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 106 |
| Number of geese | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 22 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 104 |
| Number of milk cows | 116 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 285 |
| Number of other cattle | 69 |
| Number of other fowl | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 275 |
| Number of sheep | 6 |
| Number of swine | 135 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 315 |
| Number of turkeys | 10 |
| OAT AC | 252 |
| OAT BU | 6,106 |
| PEA BU | 911 |
| POT AC | 62 |
| POT BU | 6,647 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 24 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,850 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 370 |
| WHT AC | 88 |
| WHT FALL BU | 525 |
| WHT SP BU | 904 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 6,850 |
| CATTLE KS | 11 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 539 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 508 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,047 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 24 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 22 |
| DUCKS | 34 |
| FAMILIES | 327 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FRN CA | 15 |
| GEESE | 5 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,945 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 104 |
| HOUSES | 325 |
| HOUSES B | 107 |
| HOUSES CON | 14 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 39 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 28 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 225 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 215 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 95 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 17 |
| HOUSES W | 217 |
| INF 11 A | 275 |
| MD FEM | 274 |
| MD MALE | 274 |
| MD TOT | 548 |
| MILK COWS | 116 |
| NAME CD | Peterborough, East-Est |
| OC E | 3 |
| OC F | 106 |
| OC P | 176 |
| OC TOT | 285 |
| OTHER FOWL | 3 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 69 |
| OTHERS | 1,659 |
| SHEEP | 6 |
| SUP AM | 959 |
| SUP FOR | 72 |
| SUP JV | 109 |
| SUP PAT | 260 |
| SUP SC | 590 |
| SUP TOT | 1,031 |
| SWINE | 135 |
| SWINE KS | 315 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 325 |
| TUR AC | 8 |
| TUR BU | 1,998 |
| TURKEY | 10 |
| WID FEM | 55 |
| WID MALE | 24 |
| WID TOT | 79 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON110001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON106001_1871 — 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). "Ashburnham, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ashburnham-village-on110001-1891/.