Berlin, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Berlin, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q200166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.458°N, 80.478°W.

Population

In 1891, Berlin, Town—Ville had a population of 7,425: 3,600 male and 3,825 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, Berlin, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Waterloo
• Waterloo, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,425 total population, 3,825 females, 3,600 males, 2,636 married persons, 1,466 families, 1,320 married males, 1,316 married females, 238 widowed persons, 190 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,551 single persons under 18, 2,319 single females under 18, 2,232 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,424 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,296 houses, 1,296 occupied houses, 817 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 816 houses built of brick, 648 houses of 2 stories, 616 houses of 1 story, 469 houses built of wood, 160 houses of 5 rooms, 130 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 66 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of over 15 rooms, 32 houses of 3 stories, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses built of stone, 8 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,336 pounds of homemade butter, 18,072 bushels of potatoes, 13,031 bushels of turnips, 8,945 bushels of oats, 7,205 bushels of winter wheat, 4,947 acres of land in farms, 4,750 chickens, 3,646 acres of improved land in farms, 2,822 bushels of barley, 2,365 acres of farmland under crops, 2,102 bushels of peas, 1,301 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,023 occupants of farms, 987 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 936 tons of hay, 760 swine, 737 farm occupants who own their land, 729 swine slaughtered or sold, 674 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 607 acres of farmland in pasture, 549 acres of hay crops, 384 acres of wheat, 350 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 327 milk cows, 319 horses aged over 3 years, 302 acres of oats, 286 farm occupants who rent their land, 285 bushels of corn, 220 cattle killed or sold, 204 bushels of rye, 202 acres of potatoes, 201 other cattle, 124 acres of barley, 120 bushels of spring wheat, 120 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 90 sheep slaughtered or sold, 88 ducks, 59 other fowl, 36 acres of turnips, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 30 sheep, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 geese, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 oxen, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people 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: ON123001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121001_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q200166
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener

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). "Berlin, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/berlin-town-ville-on123001-1891/.