Brooke, Ontario (1891 census)
Brooke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,874. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260945. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.849°N, 81.905°W.
Population
In 1891, Brooke had a population of 3,874: 2,024 male and 1,850 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 511 |
| 1861 | 1,600 |
| 1871 | 2,538 |
| 1881 | 3,492 |
| 1891 | 3,874 |
| 1901 | 3,678 |
| 1911 | 2,992 |
| 1921 | 2,703 |
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, Brooke 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 3,874 total population, 2,024 males, 1,850 females, 1,249 married persons, 752 families, 625 married females, 624 married males, 112 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,513 single persons under 18, 1,357 single males under 18, 1,156 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,871 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 744 occupied houses, 739 houses, 688 houses built of wood, 564 houses of 2 stories, 311 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 175 houses of 1 story, 137 houses of 4 rooms, 120 houses of 5 rooms, 101 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses built of brick, 44 uninhabited houses, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 5 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 156,693 bushels of oats, 149,612 pounds of homemade butter, 101,699 bushels of winter wheat, 69,403 acres of land in farms, 48,599 acres of improved land in farms, 33,364 acres of farmland under crops, 28,524 bushels of corn, 26,977 bushels of potatoes, 26,814 bushels of peas, 24,312 bushels of turnips, 22,754 bushels of barley, 21,381 chickens, 20,804 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,720 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 14,203 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,899 tons of hay, 8,041 acres of hay crops, 6,469 acres of oats, 5,731 acres of wheat, 5,405 other cattle, 3,719 sheep, 3,306 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,260 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,835 cattle killed or sold, 2,458 swine, 2,428 milk cows, 2,148 bushels of spring wheat, 1,533 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,523 horses aged over 3 years, 1,219 acres of barley, 1,034 geese, 820 horses aged 3 years and under, 664 occupants of farms, 600 farm occupants who own their land, 589 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 558 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 428 turkeys, 404 ducks, 403 bushels of beans, 397 bushels of rye, 375 acres of potatoes, 286 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 279 bushels of buckwheat, 164 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 127 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 125 other fowl, 95 acres of turnips, 62 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON081004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON122002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115260945
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). "Brooke, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brooke-on081004-1891/.