Barrie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Barrie, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Barrie, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,550. 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 density was 989.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,007
1861	2,134
1871	3,398
1881	4,854
1891	5,550
1901	4,894

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:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.50
FAM NO	1,013
Number of families	1,013
Number of females	2,885
Number of males	2,665
Number of married females	900
Number of married males	902
Number of married persons	1,802
Number of widowed females	164
Number of widowed males	59
Number of widowed persons	223
POP F	2,885
POP M	2,665
POP TOT	5,550
Total population	5,550

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,821
Number of single males under 18	1,704
Number of single persons under 18	3,525

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	25
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	5,525

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,005
Number of houses built of brick	277
Number of houses built of stone	2
Number of houses built of wood	726
Number of houses of 1 room	3
Number of houses of 1 story	457
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	68
Number of houses of 2 rooms	17
Number of houses of 2 stories	519
Number of houses of 3 rooms	67
Number of houses of 3 stories	29
Number of houses of 4 rooms	125
Number of houses of 5 rooms	153
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	552
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	20
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	1,005
Number of uninhabited houses	9

Agriculture (63 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	199
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	405
Acres of farmland in pasture	861
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,068
Acres of farmland under crops	2,736
Acres of hay crops	548
Acres of improved land in farms	4,002
Acres of land in farms	6,070
Acres of oats	382
Acres of potatoes	97
Acres of turnips	51
Acres of wheat	731
BAR AC	199
BAR BU	4,190
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	4,190
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	418
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	209
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	12,596
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,847
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	8,720
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	834
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	3,690
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	17,618
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	7,418
CRN BU	209
HAY AC	548
HAY TONS	949
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	399
Number of chickens	3,233
Number of ducks	95
Number of farm occupants who own their land	449
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	277
Number of geese	31
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	77
Number of horses aged over 3 years	486
Number of milk cows	319
Number of occupants of farms	726
Number of other cattle	413
Number of other fowl	62
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	23
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	677
Number of sheep	155
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	1,360
Number of swine	219
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	198
Number of turkeys	23
OAT AC	382
OAT BU	12,596
PEA BU	2,847
POT AC	97
POT BU	8,720
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	236
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	527
Pounds of homemade butter	8,368
RYE BU	834
Tons of hay produced in the past year	949
WHT AC	731
WHT FALL BU	7,418
WHT SP BU	3,690

Other recorded variables (67 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	11
A 11 50	23
A 201 PL	6
A 51 100	9
BUTTER LB	8,368
CATTLE KS	399
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,821
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,704
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	3,525
COARSE WOOL LB	236
COLTS FILLIES	77
DUCKS	95
FAMILIES	1,013
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FINE WOOL LB	527
FRN CA	25
GEESE	31
GRA BU	418
HENS AND CHKN	3,233
HORSES OVR THREE	486
HOUSES	1,005
HOUSES B	277
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	68
HOUSES FIVE RM	153
HOUSES FOUR RM	125
HOUSES ONE RM	3
HOUSES ONE STRY	457
HOUSES S	2
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	552
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	20
HOUSES THREE RM	67
HOUSES THREE STRY	29
HOUSES TWO RM	17
HOUSES TWO STRY	519
HOUSES UNINH	9
HOUSES W	726
INF 11 A	677
MD FEM	900
MD MALE	902
MD TOT	1,802
MILK COWS	319
NAME CD	Simcoe, North-Nord
OC F	277
OC P	449
OC TOT	726
OTHER FOWL	62
OTHER HRN CATTLE	413
OTHERS	5,525
SHEEP	155
SHEEP KS	1,360
SUP AM	4,002
SUP FOR	2,068
SUP JV	405
SUP PAT	861
SUP SC	2,736
SUP TOT	6,070
SWINE	219
SWINE KS	198
TOT DWLG OCC	1,005
TUR AC	51
TUR BU	17,618
TURKEY	23
WID FEM	164
WID MALE	59
WID TOT	223
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON118001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114001 — 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). "Barrie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barrie-town-ville-on118001-1891/.