Burford, Ontario (1891 census)

Burford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,939. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115260971. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.082°N, 80.489°W.

Population

In 1891, Burford had a population of 4,939: 2,540 male and 2,399 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Burford shared boundaries with:

• Blenheim
• Brantford W-O
• Norwich N
• Oakland
• Oxford E
• Townsend
• Windham

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,939 total population, 2,540 males, 2,399 females, 1,862 married persons, 1,096 families, 932 married males, 930 married females, 225 widowed persons, 145 widowed females, 80 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,852 single persons under 18, 1,528 single males under 18, 1,324 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,936 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,086 occupied houses, 1,067 houses, 880 houses built of wood, 616 houses of 1 story, 594 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 450 houses of 2 stories, 179 houses built of brick, 143 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 112 houses of 5 rooms, 100 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 3 rooms, 66 uninhabited houses, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of over 15 rooms, 19 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses built of stone, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 258,840 bushels of turnips, 235,169 pounds of homemade butter, 133,914 bushels of oats, 112,590 bushels of winter wheat, 93,455 bushels of corn, 85,374 bushels of barley, 67,029 acres of land in farms, 57,714 bushels of potatoes, 56,049 acres of improved land in farms, 43,597 acres of farmland under crops, 43,085 bushels of peas, 29,794 chickens, 14,936 tons of hay, 10,980 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,749 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,105 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,770 acres of hay crops, 6,401 bushels of spring wheat, 6,255 acres of wheat, 6,057 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,875 acres of oats, 5,760 bushels of rye, 5,697 bushels of buckwheat, 5,060 swine, 4,074 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,054 acres of barley, 3,561 milk cows, 2,905 sheep, 2,811 other cattle, 2,147 horses aged over 3 years, 1,703 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,692 turkeys, 1,422 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,226 geese, 1,138 cattle killed or sold, 967 occupants of farms, 825 horses aged 3 years and under, 711 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 709 acres of turnips, 705 farm occupants who own their land, 691 ducks, 659 acres of potatoes, 607 bushels of beans, Capacity of silos (tons): 300, 280 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 276 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 253 farm occupants who rent their land, 237 other fowl, 207 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 191 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 178 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 48 oxen, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON106001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON103002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115260971

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). "Burford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/burford-on106001-1891/.