Barrie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Barrie, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,550. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.393°N, 79.679°W.

Population

In 1891, Barrie, Town—Ville had a population of 5,550: 2,665 male and 2,885 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, Barrie, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Innisfil
• Oro
• Vespra

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 5,550 total population, 2,885 females, 2,665 males, 1,802 married persons, 1,013 families, 902 married males, 900 married females, 223 widowed persons, 164 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,525 single persons under 18, 1,821 single females under 18, 1,704 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,525 persons who are not French Canadian, 25 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,005 houses, 1,005 occupied houses, 726 houses built of wood, 552 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 519 houses of 2 stories, 457 houses of 1 story, 277 houses built of brick, 153 houses of 5 rooms, 125 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 67 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 3 stories, 20 houses of over 15 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,618 bushels of turnips, 12,596 bushels of oats, 8,720 bushels of potatoes, 8,368 pounds of homemade butter, 7,418 bushels of winter wheat, 6,070 acres of land in farms, 4,190 bushels of barley, 4,002 acres of improved land in farms, 3,690 bushels of spring wheat, 3,233 chickens, 2,847 bushels of peas, 2,736 acres of farmland under crops, 2,068 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,360 sheep slaughtered or sold, 949 tons of hay, 861 acres of farmland in pasture, 834 bushels of rye, 731 acres of wheat, 726 occupants of farms, 677 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 548 acres of hay crops, 527 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 486 horses aged over 3 years, 449 farm occupants who own their land, 418 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 413 other cattle, 405 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 399 cattle killed or sold, 382 acres of oats, 319 milk cows, 277 farm occupants who rent their land, 236 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 219 swine, 209 bushels of corn, 199 acres of barley, 198 swine slaughtered or sold, 155 sheep, 97 acres of potatoes, 95 ducks, 77 horses aged 3 years and under, 62 other fowl, 51 acres of turnips, 31 geese, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 turkeys, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON118001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114001_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34183
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie

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). "Barrie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barrie-town-ville-on118001-1891/.