Bedford, Ontario (1891 census)
Bedford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,837. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263202. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.620°N, 76.537°W.
Population
In 1891, Bedford had a population of 1,837: 943 male and 894 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,118 |
| 1861 | 1,691 |
| 1871 | 1,839 |
| 1881 | 2,019 |
| 1891 | 1,837 |
| 1901 | 1,730 |
| 1911 | 1,421 |
| 1921 | 1,247 |
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, Bedford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,837 total population, 943 males, 894 females, 574 married persons, 339 families, 287 married females, 287 married males, 72 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,191 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 554 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,750 persons who are not French Canadian, 87 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 336 occupied houses, 335 houses, 327 houses built of wood, 281 houses of 1 story, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 79 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 2 rooms, 54 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 5 houses built of stone, 3 houses built of brick, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 70,300 pounds of homemade butter, 50,296 acres of land in farms, 29,792 bushels of oats, 26,660 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,636 acres of improved land in farms, 22,631 bushels of potatoes, 13,309 acres of farmland under crops, 10,331 bushels of corn, 10,090 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,845 bushels of spring wheat, 8,121 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,434 chickens, 4,752 tons of hay, 4,590 acres of hay crops, 4,457 bushels of peas, 2,618 bushels of rye, 2,153 bushels of turnips, 2,110 sheep, 1,896 acres of oats, 1,874 bushels of buckwheat, 1,690 milk cows, 1,680 other cattle, 1,662 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,042 bushels of barley, 1,004 cattle killed or sold, 946 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 873 acres of wheat, 827 swine slaughtered or sold, 718 swine, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 518 horses aged over 3 years, 370 geese, 302 occupants of farms, 296 bushels of winter wheat, 287 acres of potatoes, 275 farm occupants who own their land, 237 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 194 horses aged 3 years and under, 192 turkeys, 108 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 106 bushels of beans, 103 ducks, 72 acres of barley, 70 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 59 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 43 other fowl, 41 oxen, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON045003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON111002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115263202
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). "Bedford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bedford-on045003-1891/.