Brussels, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Brussels, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Brussels, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,204. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q994375. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.743°N, 81.237°W.

Population

In 1891, Brussels, Village had a population of 1,204: 590 male and 614 female residents. Population density was 1200.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	561
1891	1,204
1901	1,114
1911	902
1921	870

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, Brussels, Village shared boundaries with:

Grey

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.50
FAM NO	264
Number of families	264
Number of females	614
Number of males	590
Number of married females	213
Number of married males	211
Number of married persons	424
Number of widowed females	54
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	66
POP F	614
POP M	590
POP TOT	1,204
Total population	1,204

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	347
Number of single males under 18	367
Number of single persons under 18	714

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,202

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	262
Number of houses built of brick	60
Number of houses built of stone	2
Number of houses built of wood	200
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	222
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 rooms	5
Number of houses of 2 stories	39
Number of houses of 3 rooms	7
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	18
Number of houses of 5 rooms	41
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	179
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	3
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	262

Agriculture (59 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	129
Acres of farmland in pasture	136
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	76
Acres of farmland under crops	399
Acres of hay crops	86
Acres of improved land in farms	664
Acres of land in farms	740
Acres of oats	47
Acres of potatoes	36
Acres of turnips	10
Acres of wheat	12
BAR AC	16
BAR BU	340
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	340
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	75
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,145
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	384
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,657
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	30
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,100
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	300
CRN BU	75
HAY AC	86
HAY TONS	134
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	18
Number of chickens	1,416
Number of ducks	14
Number of farm occupants who own their land	159
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	88
Number of geese	8
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	33
Number of horses aged over 3 years	123
Number of milk cows	103
Number of occupants of farms	247
Number of other cattle	53
Number of other fowl	5
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	240
Number of sheep	13
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	22
Number of swine	92
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	121
Number of turkeys	1
OAT AC	47
OAT BU	1,145
PEA BU	384
POT AC	36
POT BU	3,657
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	280
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	72
Pounds of homemade butter	6,540
Tons of hay produced in the past year	134
WHT AC	12
WHT FALL BU	300
WHT SP BU	30

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	5
A 201 PL	1
BEN BU	5
BUTTER LB	6,540
CATTLE KS	18
CHEESE LB	280
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	347
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	367
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	714
COARSE WOOL LB	72
COLTS FILLIES	33
DUCKS	14
FAMILIES	264
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.50
FRN CA	2
GEESE	8
HENS AND CHKN	1,416
HORSES OVR THREE	123
HOUSES	262
HOUSES B	60
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	8
HOUSES FIVE RM	41
HOUSES FOUR RM	18
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	222
HOUSES S	2
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	179
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	7
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	5
HOUSES TWO STRY	39
HOUSES W	200
INF 11 A	240
MD FEM	213
MD MALE	211
MD TOT	424
MILK COWS	103
NAME CD	Huron, East—Est
OC F	88
OC P	159
OC TOT	247
OTHER FOWL	5
OTHER HRN CATTLE	53
OTHERS	1,202
SHEEP	13
SHEEP KS	22
SUP AM	664
SUP FOR	76
SUP JV	129
SUP PAT	136
SUP SC	399
SUP TOT	740
SWINE	92
SWINE KS	121
TOT DWLG OCC	262
TUR AC	10
TUR BU	2,100
TURKEY	1
WID FEM	54
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	66

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON076002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119023 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q994375
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels,_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). "Brussels, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brussels-village-on076002-1891/.