Binbrook, Ontario (1891 census)

Binbrook was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,674. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.119°N, 79.785°W.

Population

In 1891, Binbrook had a population of 1,674: 866 male and 808 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, Binbrook shared boundaries with:

• Caistor
• Glanford
• Grimsby S
• Saltfleet
• Seneca

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 1,674 total population, 866 males, 808 females, 546 married persons, 316 families, 275 married males, 271 married females, 49 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,079 single persons under 18, 576 single males under 18, 503 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,674 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 311 houses, 311 occupied houses, 288 houses built of wood, 179 houses of 1 story, 166 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 132 houses of 2 stories, 62 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 134,697 pounds of homemade butter, 69,707 bushels of oats, 39,668 bushels of winter wheat, 26,488 acres of land in farms, 23,014 acres of improved land in farms, 22,021 bushels of peas, 18,406 acres of farmland under crops, 13,466 bushels of spring wheat, 10,490 bushels of barley, 8,992 tons of hay, 8,149 chickens, 7,830 bushels of turnips, 6,940 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,759 acres of hay crops, 4,733 bushels of potatoes, 4,074 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,623 acres of wheat, 3,474 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,192 acres of oats, 2,430 bushels of corn, 2,049 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,615 swine, 1,507 sheep, 1,204 other cattle, 1,136 milk cows, 896 horses aged over 3 years, 823 sheep slaughtered or sold, 817 bushels of rye, 551 acres of barley, 534 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 517 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 428 cattle killed or sold, 424 horses aged 3 years and under, 421 turkeys, 400 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 298 occupants of farms, 290 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 256 geese, 236 farm occupants who own their land, 222 ducks, 120 bushels of beans, 103 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 acres of potatoes, 62 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen, 1 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON130002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153004 — 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). "Binbrook, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/binbrook-on130002-1891/.