Brighton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Brighton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,479. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2925383. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.047°N, 77.741°W.
Population
In 1891, Brighton, Village had a population of 1,479: 725 male and 754 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,479 |
| 1901 | 1,378 |
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 Brighton, Village, 1881 (15.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Brighton, Village shared boundaries with:
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 1,479 total population, 754 females, 725 males, 577 married persons, 333 families, 289 married females, 288 married males, 88 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 814 single persons under 18, 416 single males under 18, 398 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,471 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 332 houses, 332 occupied houses, 308 houses of 2 stories, 215 houses built of wood, 193 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 116 houses built of brick, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 1 story, 15 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,695 pounds of homemade butter, 6,770 bushels of potatoes, 6,560 bushels of oats, 5,130 bushels of buckwheat, 4,271 chickens, 4,152 bushels of corn, 4,025 acres of land in farms, 3,443 acres of improved land in farms, 2,967 bushels of barley, 2,374 bushels of turnips, 2,196 acres of farmland under crops, 1,832 bushels of peas, 1,200 bushels of winter wheat, 859 tons of hay, 857 acres of farmland in pasture, 769 bushels of rye, 750 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 702 bushels of spring wheat, 633 acres of hay crops, 582 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 572 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 441 swine, 390 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 350 swine slaughtered or sold, 328 acres of oats, 317 occupants of farms, 314 horses aged over 3 years, 311 cattle killed or sold, 278 sheep slaughtered or sold, 275 milk cows, 270 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 240 acres of barley, 206 farm occupants who own their land, 197 other cattle, 187 ducks, 123 geese, 112 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 111 acres of wheat, 111 farm occupants who rent their land, 99 sheep, 97 turkeys, 89 bushels of beans, 87 acres of potatoes, 76 horses aged 3 years and under, 51 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 27 other fowl, 24 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 oxen, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2925383
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_(Ontario)
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). "Brighton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brighton-village-on099002-1891/.