Bath, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Bath, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.185°N, 76.788°W.
Population
In 1891, Bath, VL had a population of 530: 260 male and 270 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 601 |
| 1881 | 546 |
| 1891 | 530 |
| 1901 | 407 |
| 1911 | 347 |
| 1921 | 349 |
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, Bath, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 530 total population, 270 females, 260 males, 174 married persons, 128 families, 87 married females, 87 married males, 78 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 278 single persons under 18, 144 single males under 18, 134 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 530 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 127 houses, 127 occupied houses, 114 houses built of wood, 110 houses of 2 stories, 66 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 1 story, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,017 bushels of barley, 3,417 acres of land in farms, 3,304 acres of improved land in farms, 3,095 pounds of homemade butter, 2,995 bushels of oats, 2,232 acres of farmland under crops, 1,754 bushels of potatoes, 1,004 acres of farmland in pasture, 944 bushels of buckwheat, 926 tons of hay, 915 chickens, 719 acres of hay crops, 407 acres of barley, 298 bushels of peas, 290 bushels of corn, 240 bushels of spring wheat, 234 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 167 milk cows, 152 acres of oats, 147 other cattle, 115 swine, 113 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 horses aged over 3 years, 95 swine slaughtered or sold, 95 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 83 ducks, 68 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 cattle killed or sold, 58 sheep, 49 occupants of farms, 48 acres of wheat, 41 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 bushels of turnips, 38 sheep slaughtered or sold, 34 farm occupants who own their land, 27 acres of potatoes, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 geese, 15 bushels of beans, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 turkeys, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON087003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125008_1911— 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). "Bath, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bath-vl-on087003-1891/.