Brock, Ontario (1891 census)
Brock was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,071. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q387094. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.288°N, 79.074°W.
Population
In 1891, Brock had a population of 4,071: 2,067 male and 2,004 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,518 |
| 1861 | 4,625 |
| 1871 | 5,175 |
| 1881 | 4,378 |
| 1891 | 4,071 |
| 1901 | 3,727 |
| 1911 | 3,330 |
| 1921 | 2,835 |
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, Brock shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,071 total population, 2,067 males, 2,004 females, 1,382 married persons, 837 families, 691 married females, 691 married males, 168 widowed persons, 113 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,521 single persons under 18, 1,321 single males under 18, 1,200 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,069 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 837 occupied houses, 836 houses, 672 houses built of wood, 540 houses of 1 story, 458 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 295 houses of 2 stories, 147 houses built of brick, 126 houses of 4 rooms, 110 houses of 5 rooms, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 52 uninhabited houses, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses built of stone, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 567,490 bushels of turnips, 189,355 pounds of homemade butter, 179,225 bushels of oats, 106,161 bushels of spring wheat, 62,850 bushels of potatoes, 62,103 acres of land in farms, 57,817 bushels of peas, 51,479 bushels of barley, 46,562 acres of improved land in farms, 37,281 acres of farmland under crops, 27,069 chickens, 15,541 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,645 acres of wheat, 8,510 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,427 acres of oats, 7,252 tons of hay, 7,230 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,392 bushels of winter wheat, 6,243 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,217 acres of hay crops, 4,850 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,406 swine, 3,898 other cattle, 3,165 sheep, 2,739 acres of barley, 2,641 milk cows, 2,305 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,223 bushels of buckwheat, 1,849 cattle killed or sold, 1,826 horses aged over 3 years, 1,711 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,522 geese, 1,463 acres of turnips, 822 horses aged 3 years and under, 792 occupants of farms, 771 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 766 bushels of corn, 652 ducks, 581 farm occupants who own their land, 562 acres of potatoes, 560 turkeys, 307 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 240 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 215 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 211 farm occupants who rent their land, 167 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 115 bushels of rye, 114 other fowl, 79 bushels of beans, 63 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON101003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q387094
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock,_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). "Brock, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brock-on101003-1891/.