Caledon, Ontario (1891 census)

Caledon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424659. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.855°N, 79.996°W.

Population

In 1891, Caledon had a population of 5,520: 2,863 male and 2,657 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, Caledon shared boundaries with:

• Albion
• Chinguacousy
• Erin
• Garafraxa, East—Est
• Mono

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 5,520 total population, 2,863 males, 2,657 females, 1,765 married persons, 1,043 families, 883 married females, 882 married males, 206 widowed persons, 138 widowed females, 68 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,549 single persons under 18, 1,913 single males under 18, 1,636 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,472 persons who are not French Canadian, 48 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,025 houses, 1,025 occupied houses, 814 houses built of wood, 560 houses of 2 stories, 502 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 462 houses of 1 story, 164 houses of 4 rooms, 154 houses built of brick, 142 houses of 5 rooms, 99 houses of 3 rooms, 70 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 57 houses built of stone, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 17 houses under construction, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 210,442 pounds of homemade butter, 196,085 bushels of oats, 162,152 bushels of turnips, 131,633 bushels of potatoes, 114,325 bushels of barley, 85,844 bushels of spring wheat, 66,888 acres of land in farms, 55,363 bushels of peas, 54,473 bushels of winter wheat, 52,078 acres of improved land in farms, 42,941 acres of farmland under crops, 27,136 chickens, 14,810 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,928 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,161 tons of hay, 9,921 acres of wheat, 8,170 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,414 acres of hay crops, 7,379 acres of oats, 5,175 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,171 acres of barley, 4,991 swine, 4,634 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,457 other cattle, 3,188 sheep, 2,457 milk cows, 2,377 cattle killed or sold, 1,925 horses aged over 3 years, 1,745 geese, 1,647 turkeys, 1,567 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,022 acres of potatoes, 966 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 940 bushels of rye, 925 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 922 horses aged 3 years and under, 780 occupants of farms, 703 ducks, 655 bushels of buckwheat, 631 farm occupants who own their land, 445 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 300, 282 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 269 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 236 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 234 bushels of corn, 156 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 149 farm occupants who rent their land, 138 bushels of beans, 73 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 54 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON054004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424659
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledon

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). "Caledon, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caledon-on054004-1891/.