Brant, Ontario (1891 census)

Brant was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,929. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.192°N, 81.145°W.

Population

In 1891, Brant had a population of 4,929: 2,541 male and 2,388 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, Brant shared boundaries with:

• Bentinck
• Carrick
• Elderslie
• Greenock
• Normanby
• Walkerton, T-V

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,929 total population, 2,541 males, 2,388 females, 1,501 married persons, 855 families, 751 married females, 750 married males, 156 widowed persons, 99 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,272 single persons under 18, 1,734 single males under 18, 1,538 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,916 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 854 houses, 854 occupied houses, 686 houses of 1 story, 655 houses built of wood, 405 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 167 houses built of brick, 167 houses of 2 stories, 134 houses of 4 rooms, 119 houses of 5 rooms, 97 houses of 3 rooms, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 40 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 31 houses built of stone, 17 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 9 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 500,615 bushels of turnips, 234,535 pounds of homemade butter, 219,960 bushels of oats, 91,382 bushels of peas, 80,982 bushels of winter wheat, 70,366 bushels of potatoes, 69,168 acres of land in farms, 54,374 acres of improved land in farms, 41,318 acres of farmland under crops, 24,749 bushels of barley, 24,073 chickens, 21,927 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 18,181 bushels of spring wheat, 16,756 tons of hay, 14,793 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,011 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,535 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 10,232 acres of hay crops, 8,231 acres of oats, 6,056 acres of wheat, 6,010 other cattle, 5,417 sheep, 3,847 swine, 3,563 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,453 milk cows, 2,909 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,424 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,173 cattle killed or sold, 1,720 horses aged over 3 years, 1,153 acres of turnips, 1,128 geese, 1,057 acres of barley, 1,045 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,025 bushels of corn, 819 horses aged 3 years and under, 814 bushels of rye, 762 occupants of farms, 642 farm occupants who own their land, 579 acres of potatoes, 482 turkeys, 408 ducks, 311 bushels of beans, 301 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 289 bushels of buckwheat, 274 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 177 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 157 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 122 other fowl, 122 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 117 farm occupants who rent their land, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON051001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104004 — 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). "Brant, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brant-on051001-1891/.