Blandford, Ontario (1891 census)
Blandford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,911. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260872. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.218°N, 80.685°W.
Population
In 1891, Blandford had a population of 1,911: 994 male and 917 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,356 |
| 1861 | 1,996 |
| 1871 | 2,008 |
| 1881 | 2,089 |
| 1891 | 1,911 |
| 1901 | 1,694 |
| 1911 | 1,525 |
| 1921 | 1,503 |
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, Blandford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,911 total population, 994 males, 917 females, 627 married persons, 361 families, 314 married males, 313 married females, 66 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,218 single persons under 18, 654 single males under 18, 564 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,911 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 361 occupied houses, 360 houses, 251 houses of 1 story, 212 houses built of wood, 204 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 109 houses of 2 stories, 87 houses built of brick, 61 houses built of stone, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 278,560 bushels of turnips, 101,279 bushels of oats, 89,504 pounds of homemade butter, 36,452 bushels of winter wheat, 28,392 acres of land in farms, 23,936 acres of improved land in farms, 19,220 bushels of peas, 16,929 bushels of potatoes, 16,449 bushels of barley, 15,582 acres of farmland under crops, 10,224 chickens, 7,852 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,599 tons of hay, 5,253 bushels of corn, 4,525 bushels of spring wheat, 4,456 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,870 acres of hay crops, 3,819 acres of oats, 2,938 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,707 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,444 swine, 2,438 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,149 milk cows, 2,140 acres of wheat, 1,713 other cattle, 1,129 sheep, 1,000 bushels of rye, 916 sheep slaughtered or sold, 865 horses aged over 3 years, 812 acres of turnips, 786 cattle killed or sold, 717 bushels of buckwheat, 708 acres of barley, 502 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 405 horses aged 3 years and under, 289 occupants of farms, 235 farm occupants who own their land, 230 turkeys, 200 geese, 197 acres of potatoes, 189 ducks, 118 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 66 bushels of beans, 65 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 63 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 other fowl, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON105001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON134001_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260872
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). "Blandford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/blandford-on105001-1891/.