Bayham, Ontario (1891 census)

Bayham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,856. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2892259. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.737°N, 80.788°W.

Population

In 1891, Bayham had a population of 3,856: 1,942 male and 1,914 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, Bayham shared boundaries with:

• Dereham
• Houghton
• Malahide
• Middleton
• Vienna, VL

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 3,856 total population, 1,942 males, 1,914 females, 1,530 married persons, 892 families, 766 married males, 764 married females, 183 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,143 single persons under 18, 1,122 single males under 18, 1,021 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,856 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 882 houses, 882 occupied houses, 821 houses built of wood, 566 houses of 1 story, 491 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 312 houses of 2 stories, 120 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 100 houses of 5 rooms, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses built of brick, 53 houses of 3 rooms, 46 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 157,552 pounds of homemade butter, 105,038 bushels of corn, 81,153 bushels of winter wheat, 81,090 bushels of oats, 55,913 acres of land in farms, 42,072 acres of improved land in farms, 34,838 bushels of peas, 27,918 acres of farmland under crops, 22,093 bushels of turnips, 20,464 bushels of potatoes, 20,361 chickens, 15,665 bushels of buckwheat, 13,841 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,746 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,402 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,803 tons of hay, 8,428 bushels of rye, 6,456 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,963 acres of hay crops, 5,779 swine, 5,233 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4,138 acres of wheat, 4,104 acres of oats, 4,102 bushels of barley, 3,600 sheep, 2,590 milk cows, 2,475 other cattle, 2,388 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,082 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,417 horses aged over 3 years, 1,408 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 847 cattle killed or sold, 802 occupants of farms, 578 farm occupants who own their land, 569 horses aged 3 years and under, 547 geese, 478 bushels of spring wheat, 380 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 348 bushels of beans, 324 turkeys, Capacity of silos (tons): 280, 277 acres of potatoes, 273 ducks, 238 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 233 acres of barley, 232 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 223 farm occupants who rent their land, 188 other fowl, 172 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 138 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 92 acres of turnips, 82 oxen, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON060002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2892259
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayham
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayham

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). "Bayham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bayham-on060002-1891/.