Brantford, City—Cité, Ontario (1891 census)
Brantford, City—Cité was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 12,753. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34180. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.142°N, 80.259°W.
Population
In 1891, Brantford, City—Cité had a population of 12,753: 6,127 male and 6,626 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 12,753 |
| 1901 | 16,619 |
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 Brantford, Town—Ville, 1881 (23.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Brantford, City—Cité 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 12,753 total population, 6,626 females, 6,127 males, 4,554 married persons, 2,656 families, 2,284 married females, 2,270 married males, 679 widowed persons, 526 widowed females, 153 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 7,520 single persons under 18, 3,816 single females under 18, 3,704 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 12,699 persons who are not French Canadian, 54 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,606 houses, 2,606 occupied houses, 1,591 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,505 houses built of brick, 1,275 houses of 2 stories, 1,266 houses of 1 story, 1,087 houses built of wood, 415 houses of 5 rooms, 258 houses of 4 rooms, 194 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 138 uninhabited houses, 78 houses of 3 rooms, 56 houses of 3 stories, 35 houses of over 15 rooms, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses built of stone, 12 houses under construction, 7 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,783 bushels of potatoes, 6,034 chickens, 5,310 bushels of oats, 4,090 pounds of homemade butter, 3,517 bushels of turnips, 3,367 bushels of winter wheat, 2,460 acres of land in farms, 1,981 acres of improved land in farms, 1,878 bushels of corn, 1,526 bushels of peas, 1,284 bushels of barley, 960 acres of farmland under crops, 734 horses aged over 3 years, 674 tons of hay, 650 acres of farmland in pasture, 593 occupants of farms, 576 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 479 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 424 farm occupants who own their land, 371 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 325 acres of hay crops, 201 swine, 200 milk cows, 189 acres of wheat, 174 acres of oats, 167 farm occupants who rent their land, 166 bushels of spring wheat, 153 ducks, 111 swine slaughtered or sold, 96 other cattle, 88 horses aged 3 years and under, 88 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 78 acres of potatoes, 52 other fowl, 50 acres of barley, 37 bushels of beans, 22 sheep, 19 acres of turnips, 17 cattle killed or sold, 16 sheep slaughtered or sold, 15 turkeys, 14 geese, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 oxen, 2 employees on farms, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON049002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046001_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q34180
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brantford
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). "Brantford, City—Cité, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brantford-city-cit-on049002-1891/.