Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud, Ontario (1891 census)
Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,319. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.690°N, 76.139°W.
Population
In 1891, Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud had a population of 3,319: 1,670 male and 1,649 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,540 |
| 1881 | 3,500 |
| 1891 | 3,319 |
| 1901 | 3,006 |
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, Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,319 total population, 1,670 males, 1,649 females, 1,166 married persons, 714 families, 583 married females, 583 married males, 178 widowed persons, 121 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,975 single persons under 18, 1,030 single males under 18, 945 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,314 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 711 occupied houses, 710 houses, 603 houses built of wood, 528 houses of 2 stories, 339 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 181 houses of 1 story, 98 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 82 houses of 4 rooms, 64 houses built of brick, 61 houses of 3 rooms, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 53 houses of 2 rooms, 43 houses built of stone, 20 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 110,850 pounds of homemade butter, 93,869 bushels of oats, 62,978 acres of land in farms, 53,681 bushels of potatoes, 47,436 bushels of corn, 45,029 acres of improved land in farms, 23,515 acres of farmland under crops, 21,012 acres of farmland in pasture, 17,949 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,916 chickens, 13,599 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,321 bushels of turnips, 11,700 tons of hay, 10,740 bushels of spring wheat, 9,112 acres of hay crops, 8,484 bushels of peas, 7,508 bushels of barley, 5,953 acres of oats, 5,677 bushels of buckwheat, 4,668 bushels of winter wheat, 4,535 milk cows, 3,378 sheep, 2,761 swine, 2,473 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,427 other cattle, 1,975 bushels of rye, 1,887 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,687 acres of wheat, 1,560 turkeys, 1,332 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,268 geese, 1,240 horses aged over 3 years, 785 cattle killed or sold, 567 bushels of beans, 564 occupants of farms, 554 acres of potatoes, 502 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 466 ducks, 462 farm occupants who own their land, 447 acres of barley, 444 horses aged 3 years and under, 234 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 167 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 158 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 115 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 110 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 102 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 acres of turnips, 19 other fowl, 8 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON086002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON083002_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). "Bastard & Burgess, South—Sud, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bastard-burgess-south-sud-on086002-1891/.