Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.576°N, 79.198°W.

Population

In 1891, Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot had a population of 1,704: 906 male and 798 female residents.

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 Chaffey, Perry, Bethune, Proudfoot, 1881 (75.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Perry, 1901 (33.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Proudfoot, 1901 (32.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Bethune, 1901 (34.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,704 total population, 906 males, 798 females, 559 married persons, 332 families, 280 married females, 279 married males, 46 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,099 single persons under 18, 607 single males under 18, 492 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,691 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 321 occupied houses, 305 houses, 305 houses built of wood, 190 houses of 2 stories, 115 houses of 1 story, 75 houses of 2 rooms, 71 houses of 3 rooms, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 32 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 1 room, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,342 acres of land in farms, 46,914 pounds of homemade butter, 40,121 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 30,015 bushels of turnips, 29,703 bushels of oats, 22,564 bushels of potatoes, 7,221 acres of improved land in farms, 6,118 acres of farmland under crops, 4,851 bushels of peas, 3,579 chickens, 3,269 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,445 tons of hay, 2,134 acres of hay crops, 1,643 acres of oats, 1,210 bushels of spring wheat, 1,093 bushels of barley, 1,035 acres of farmland in pasture, 889 other cattle, 842 sheep, 631 milk cows, 622 swine, 314 swine slaughtered or sold, 278 bushels of rye, 272 occupants of farms, 254 farm occupants who own their land, 251 horses aged over 3 years, 190 acres of potatoes, 174 cattle killed or sold, 172 oxen, 165 turkeys, 149 acres of wheat, 149 geese, 146 sheep slaughtered or sold, 144 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 136 acres of turnips, 69 acres of barley, 68 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 66 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 60 bushels of corn, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 48 bushels of buckwheat, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 ducks, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 bushels of beans, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 bushels of winter wheat, 10 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095003 — 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). "Bethune, Perry & Proudfoot, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bethune-perry-proudfoot-on095003-1891/.