Beverley, Ontario (1891 census)

Beverley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,636. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4899444. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.319°N, 80.145°W.

Population

In 1891, Beverley had a population of 4,636: 2,401 male and 2,235 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, Beverley shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Dumfries N
• Dumfries S
• Flamborough W-O
• Puslinch

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 4,636 total population, 2,401 males, 2,235 females, 1,562 married persons, 938 families, 781 married females, 781 married males, 211 widowed persons, 129 widowed females, 82 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,863 single persons under 18, 1,538 single males under 18, 1,325 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,624 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 937 houses, 937 occupied houses, 718 houses built of wood, 521 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 506 houses of 2 stories, 430 houses of 1 story, 120 houses of 5 rooms, 117 houses built of stone, 111 houses of 4 rooms, 102 houses built of brick, 84 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 67 houses of 3 rooms, 67 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 395,025 bushels of turnips, 250,562 pounds of homemade butter, 216,193 bushels of oats, 91,376 bushels of winter wheat, 90,078 bushels of potatoes, 78,951 bushels of barley, 69,286 acres of land in farms, 67,431 bushels of peas, 57,673 acres of improved land in farms, 46,474 acres of farmland under crops, 25,775 chickens, 18,321 bushels of corn, 14,027 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,586 tons of hay, 11,613 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,932 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,671 acres of oats, 8,357 acres of hay crops, 7,581 bushels of buckwheat, 7,210 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,599 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,631 acres of wheat, 4,810 swine, 3,887 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,857 bushels of spring wheat, 3,854 sheep, 3,777 other cattle, 3,362 acres of barley, 3,169 milk cows, 2,254 horses aged over 3 years, 1,821 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,622 cattle killed or sold, 1,267 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,046 bushels of rye, 966 acres of turnips, 882 acres of potatoes, 875 geese, 854 occupants of farms, 834 horses aged 3 years and under, 674 farm occupants who own their land, 588 ducks, 458 turkeys, 264 bushels of beans, 248 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 232 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 205 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 173 farm occupants who rent their land, 156 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 130 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 101 other fowl, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 oxen, 7 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON129001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4899444
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Township,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_de_Beverley

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). "Beverley, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/beverley-on129001-1891/.