Caledonia, Ontario (1891 census)

Caledonia was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.463°N, 74.800°W.

Population

In 1891, Caledonia had a population of 1,943: 1,001 male and 942 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, Caledonia shared boundaries with:

• Alfred
• Hawkesbury W-O
• Kenyon
• Lochiel
• Longueuil
• Plantagenet S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,943 total population, 1,001 males, 942 females, 602 married persons, 325 families, 301 married females, 301 married males, 52 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,289 single persons under 18, 684 single males under 18, 605 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,135 French Canadians, 808 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 324 houses, 324 occupied houses, 303 houses built of wood, 173 houses of 1 story, 151 houses of 2 stories, 76 houses of 2 rooms, 69 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 1 room, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 12 houses under construction, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 75,948 bushels of oats, 46,645 pounds of homemade butter, 33,394 bushels of potatoes, 26,978 acres of land in farms, 16,963 acres of improved land in farms, 11,527 acres of farmland under crops, 10,758 bushels of spring wheat, 10,015 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,745 chickens, 6,053 bushels of corn, 5,847 bushels of peas, 5,371 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,825 bushels of barley, 3,999 acres of oats, 3,393 tons of hay, 3,297 bushels of turnips, 3,265 acres of hay crops, 3,178 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,876 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,850 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,552 bushels of buckwheat, 1,363 sheep, 1,336 milk cows, 1,087 acres of wheat, 932 other cattle, 906 sheep slaughtered or sold, 876 swine, 813 swine slaughtered or sold, 677 horses aged over 3 years, 467 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 411 cattle killed or sold, 338 acres of barley, 311 occupants of farms, 305 horses aged 3 years and under, 274 farm occupants who own their land, 263 acres of potatoes, 179 turkeys, 167 bushels of beans, 164 geese, 118 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 98 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 ducks, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 other fowl, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 employees on farms, 7 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139002 — 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). "Caledonia, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/caledonia-on112002-1891/.