Barton, Ontario (1891 census)
Barton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,997. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.227°N, 79.855°W.
Population
In 1891, Barton had a population of 4,997: 2,523 male and 2,474 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,735 |
| 1861 | 2,811 |
| 1871 | 2,865 |
| 1881 | 3,525 |
| 1891 | 4,997 |
| 1901 | 3,620 |
| 1911 | 4,410 |
| 1921 | 10,165 |
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, Barton shared boundaries with:
- Ancaster
- Glanford
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 2
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 4
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7
- Saltfleet
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,997 total population, 2,523 males, 2,474 females, 1,744 married persons, 906 married females, 838 married males, 776 families, 197 widowed persons, 140 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,056 single persons under 18, 1,628 single males under 18, 1,428 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,994 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 769 occupied houses, 768 houses, 495 houses built of wood, 458 houses of 2 stories, 394 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 299 houses of 1 story, 218 houses built of brick, 116 houses of 5 rooms, 99 houses of 4 rooms, 78 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 55 houses built of stone, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 47 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of over 15 rooms, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 50,194 pounds of homemade butter, 42,177 bushels of oats, 34,249 bushels of turnips, 20,062 bushels of potatoes, 12,972 acres of land in farms, 12,018 acres of improved land in farms, 10,895 bushels of winter wheat, 10,140 chickens, 9,580 bushels of barley, 8,395 bushels of peas, 8,074 acres of farmland under crops, 7,043 bushels of spring wheat, 6,069 bushels of corn, 4,028 tons of hay, 2,651 acres of hay crops, 2,396 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,774 acres of oats, 1,548 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,478 swine, 1,381 bushels of rye, 1,282 acres of wheat, 1,269 swine slaughtered or sold, 954 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 930 horses aged over 3 years, 896 milk cows, 621 ducks, 501 occupants of farms, 455 other cattle, 446 acres of barley, 411 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 353 bushels of buckwheat, 341 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 304 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 301 farm occupants who own their land, 277 turkeys, 246 cattle killed or sold, 228 acres of potatoes, 193 sheep, 191 horses aged 3 years and under, 190 farm occupants who rent their land, 173 sheep slaughtered or sold, 170 geese, Capacity of silos (tons): 150, 117 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 105 acres of turnips, 70 bushels of beans, 57 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 other fowl, 17 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 employees on farms, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6 oxen, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Rymal | 1821–1900 | born and died here |
| Adeline Davis | 1844–1919 | born here |
| Charles O’Reilly | 1846–1920 | born here |
| Robert Calver Fearman | 1858–1922 | born here |
| William Blair Bruce | 1859–1906 | born here |
| John Charles Fields | 1863–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON153002_1921— 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). "Barton, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/barton-on130001-1891/.