Caistor, Ontario (1891 census)
Caistor was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,002. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.066°N, 79.661°W.
Population
In 1891, Caistor had a population of 2,002: 1,022 male and 980 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,398 |
| 1861 | 2,005 |
| 1871 | 2,166 |
| 1881 | 2,164 |
| 1891 | 2,002 |
| 1901 | 1,784 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1911 | 1,481 |
| 1921 | 1,300 |
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, Caistor 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 2,002 total population, 1,022 males, 980 females, 748 married persons, 419 families, 374 married females, 374 married males, 65 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,189 single persons under 18, 628 single males under 18, 561 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,002 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 417 houses, 417 occupied houses, 398 houses built of wood, 388 houses of 1 story, 221 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 51 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 43 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 116,861 pounds of homemade butter, 61,632 bushels of oats, 37,018 bushels of winter wheat, 30,546 acres of land in farms, 23,597 acres of improved land in farms, 19,877 acres of farmland under crops, 17,804 bushels of peas, 9,364 tons of hay, 8,727 bushels of spring wheat, 7,714 chickens, 6,949 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,678 bushels of turnips, 6,362 acres of hay crops, 6,164 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,360 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,760 bushels of potatoes, 3,440 acres of wheat, 3,384 acres of oats, 3,252 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,021 bushels of barley, 2,141 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,604 sheep, 1,587 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,284 milk cows, 1,257 swine, 1,240 other cattle, 999 sheep slaughtered or sold, 931 horses aged over 3 years, 822 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 711 bushels of corn, 569 cattle killed or sold, 468 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 429 bushels of buckwheat, 398 occupants of farms, 369 horses aged 3 years and under, 350 geese, 346 farm occupants who own their land, 277 bushels of rye, 242 acres of barley, 233 ducks, 231 turkeys, 124 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 104 bushels of beans, 97 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 81 acres of potatoes, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 23 oxen, 22 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 other fowl, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON130003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126001_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Caistor, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caistor-on130003-1891/.