Bracebridge, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Bracebridge, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,419. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q896553. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.041°N, 79.307°W.

Population

In 1891, Bracebridge, T-V had a population of 1,419: 711 male and 708 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Macauly, Bracebridge, Village, 1881 (2.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bracebridge, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Draper
• Macaulay
• Monck

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,419 total population, 711 males, 708 females, 540 married persons, 303 families, 271 married females, 269 married males, 28 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 851 single persons under 18, 432 single males under 18, 419 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,387 persons who are not French Canadian, 32 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 298 houses, 298 occupied houses, 280 houses built of wood, 260 houses of 1 story, 119 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 59 houses of 5 rooms, 45 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses built of brick, 14 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,755 acres of land in farms, 7,106 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,085 bushels of potatoes, 3,363 pounds of homemade butter, 2,649 acres of improved land in farms, 1,587 bushels of oats, 1,317 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,254 acres of farmland under crops, 1,254 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,132 cattle killed or sold, 1,073 chickens, 595 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 515 swine slaughtered or sold, 192 occupants of farms, 190 bushels of peas, 160 acres of hay crops, 152 tons of hay, 148 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 126 farm occupants who own their land, 120 bushels of spring wheat, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 109 milk cows, 103 bushels of turnips, 80 swine, 78 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 67 acres of oats, 65 farm occupants who rent their land, 46 other cattle, 40 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 36 acres of potatoes, 25 geese, 22 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 turkeys, 12 other fowl, 11 bushels of beans, 11 ducks, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 sheep, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of wheat, 6 bushels of rye, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (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: ON101002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON129024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q896553

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). "Bracebridge, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bracebridge-t-v-on101002-1891/.