Bolton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Bolton, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Bolton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.873°N, 79.732°W.

Population

In 1891, Bolton, Village had a population of 743: 383 male and 360 female residents. Population density was 740.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	606
1891	743
1901	702

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, Bolton, Village shared boundaries with:

Albion

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	157
Number of families	157
Number of females	360
Number of males	383
Number of married females	124
Number of married males	123
Number of married persons	247
Number of widowed females	24
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	39
POP F	360
POP M	383
POP TOT	743
Total population	743

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	212
Number of single males under 18	245
Number of single persons under 18	457

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	743

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	156
Number of houses built of brick	40
Number of houses built of wood	116
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	50
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	11
Number of houses of 2 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 stories	104
Number of houses of 3 rooms	14
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	17
Number of houses of 5 rooms	19
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	87
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	2
Number of occupied houses	156

Agriculture (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	117
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	69
Acres of farmland in pasture	236
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	220
Acres of farmland under crops	1,744
Acres of hay crops	126
Acres of improved land in farms	2,048
Acres of land in farms	2,268
Acres of oats	166
Acres of potatoes	16
Acres of turnips	2
Acres of wheat	210
BAR AC	117
BAR BU	2,245
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	2,245
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	3,725
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2,095
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,982
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	460
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	920
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	392
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	2,062
HAY AC	126
HAY TONS	177
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	19
Number of chickens	1,493
Number of ducks	98
Number of farm occupants who own their land	55
Number of geese	93
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	41
Number of horses aged over 3 years	111
Number of milk cows	73
Number of occupants of farms	55
Number of other cattle	36
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	16
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	25
Number of sheep	48
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	31
Number of swine	210
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	158
Number of turkeys	38
OAT AC	166
OAT BU	3,725
PEA BU	2,095
POT AC	16
POT BU	1,982
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	50
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	292
Pounds of homemade butter	4,030
RYE BU	460
Tons of hay produced in the past year	177
WHT AC	210
WHT FALL BU	2,062
WHT SP BU	920

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	6
A 11 50	16
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	7
BUTTER LB	4,030
CATTLE KS	19
CHEESE LB	50
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	212
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	245
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	457
COARSE WOOL LB	292
COLTS FILLIES	41
DUCKS	98
FAMILIES	157
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	0
GEESE	93
HENS AND CHKN	1,493
HORSES OVR THREE	111
HOUSES	156
HOUSES B	40
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	11
HOUSES FIVE RM	19
HOUSES FOUR RM	17
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	50
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	87
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	2
HOUSES THREE RM	14
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	4
HOUSES TWO STRY	104
HOUSES W	116
INF 11 A	25
MD FEM	124
MD MALE	123
MD TOT	247
MILK COWS	73
NAME CD	Cardwell
OC P	55
OC TOT	55
OTHER HRN CATTLE	36
OTHERS	743
SHEEP	48
SHEEP KS	31
SUP AM	2,048
SUP FOR	220
SUP JV	69
SUP PAT	236
SUP SC	1,744
SUP TOT	2,268
SWINE	210
SWINE KS	158
TOT DWLG OCC	156
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	392
TURKEY	38
WID FEM	24
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	39

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON054003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON051003 — 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). "Bolton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bolton-village-on054003-1891/.