Biddulph, Ontario (1891 census)

Biddulph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,600. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260848. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.218°N, 81.377°W.

Population

In 1891, Biddulph had a population of 2,600: 1,376 male and 1,224 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, Biddulph shared boundaries with:

• Blanchard
• London
• Lucan, VL
• McGillivray
• Nissouri W-O
• Stephen
• Usborne

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,600 total population, 1,376 males, 1,224 females, 791 married persons, 491 families, 396 married females, 395 married males, 109 widowed persons, 66 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,700 single persons under 18, 938 single males under 18, 762 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,599 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 488 houses, 488 occupied houses, 344 houses built of wood, 276 houses of 2 stories, 269 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 212 houses of 1 story, 123 houses built of brick, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 170,901 bushels of oats, 147,662 pounds of homemade butter, 81,840 bushels of turnips, 60,294 bushels of winter wheat, 51,202 bushels of barley, 38,245 acres of land in farms, 34,352 bushels of peas, 34,190 acres of improved land in farms, 26,293 bushels of potatoes, 24,058 acres of farmland under crops, 20,861 chickens, 11,457 bushels of spring wheat, 11,442 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,035 tons of hay, 9,418 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,941 acres of hay crops, 5,936 acres of oats, 4,055 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,877 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,702 acres of wheat, 3,579 other cattle, 2,689 swine, 2,333 sheep, 2,186 acres of barley, 2,106 cattle killed or sold, 2,024 bushels of corn, 1,783 geese, 1,775 milk cows, 1,428 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,318 turkeys, 1,105 horses aged over 3 years, 951 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 803 horses aged 3 years and under, 714 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 669 ducks, 457 occupants of farms, 377 farm occupants who own their land, 278 acres of potatoes, 276 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 234 acres of turnips, 158 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 109 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 75 farm occupants who rent their land, 74 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 66 other fowl, 36 bushels of beans, 35 bushels of rye, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 employees on farms. (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: ON091002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128002_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260848

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). "Biddulph, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/biddulph-on091002-1891/.