Beeton, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Beeton, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 771. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q814146. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.085°N, 79.777°W.

Population

In 1891, Beeton, VL had a population of 771: 377 male and 394 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Tecumseth, 1881 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Beeton, VL shared boundaries with:

• Tecumseth

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 771 total population, 394 females, 377 males, 255 married persons, 152 families, 128 married females, 127 married males, 28 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 488 single persons under 18, 246 single females under 18, 242 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 771 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 150 houses, 150 occupied houses, 121 houses built of wood, 113 houses of 2 stories, 98 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 1 story, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 3 stories, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,125 pounds of homemade butter, 4,966 bushels of potatoes, 3,505 bushels of oats, 2,955 bushels of winter wheat, 2,485 bushels of barley, 2,005 bushels of peas, 1,475 bushels of turnips, 1,290 acres of land in farms, 1,087 acres of improved land in farms, 1,060 chickens, 638 acres of farmland under crops, 388 acres of farmland in pasture, 272 tons of hay, 250 cattle killed or sold, 203 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 176 acres of hay crops, 159 swine slaughtered or sold, 141 acres of wheat, 132 bushels of spring wheat, 121 swine, 116 acres of oats, 111 occupants of farms, 102 farm occupants who own their land, 100 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 milk cows, 97 horses aged over 3 years, 93 other cattle, 88 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 84 acres of barley, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 34 acres of potatoes, 29 geese, 23 ducks, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 sheep, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 turkeys, 1 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 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON119002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q814146
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeton

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). "Beeton, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/beeton-vl-on119002-1891/.