Bagot & Blithefield, Ontario (1891 census)
Bagot & Blithefield was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,595. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.296°N, 76.698°W.
Population
In 1891, Bagot & Blithefield had a population of 1,595: 812 male and 782 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,142 |
| 1881 | 1,126 |
| 1891 | 1,595 |
| 1901 | 1,620 |
| 1911 | 1,306 |
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, Bagot & Blithefield shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,595 total population, 812 males, 782 females, 477 married persons, 256 families, 240 married males, 237 married females, 52 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,065 single persons under 18, 551 single males under 18, 514 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,511 persons who are not French Canadian, 83 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 256 houses, 256 occupied houses, 252 houses built of wood, 197 houses of 1 story, 74 houses of 2 rooms, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 59 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 1 room, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 62,678 pounds of homemade butter, 34,738 acres of land in farms, 25,248 bushels of potatoes, 24,724 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,831 bushels of oats, 10,014 acres of improved land in farms, 8,128 bushels of spring wheat, 7,496 bushels of peas, 6,208 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,064 acres of farmland under crops, 4,869 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,762 chickens, 2,945 bushels of turnips, 2,420 bushels of rye, 2,181 acres of hay crops, 1,712 tons of hay, 1,535 sheep, 1,109 other cattle, 1,105 acres of oats, 932 bushels of corn, 922 bushels of buckwheat, 910 sheep slaughtered or sold, 856 milk cows, 653 acres of wheat, 475 swine slaughtered or sold, 431 swine, 397 cattle killed or sold, 368 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 308 horses aged over 3 years, 261 geese, 255 bushels of winter wheat, 233 occupants of farms, 209 farm occupants who own their land, 198 acres of potatoes, 187 bushels of beans, 136 horses aged 3 years and under, 98 turkeys, 81 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 69 ducks, 67 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 37 bushels of barley, 27 other fowl, 24 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of barley, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON115003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON117002_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). "Bagot & Blithefield, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bagot-blithefield-on115003-1891/.