Cardiff, Ontario (1891 census)
Cardiff was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 612. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261025. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.990°N, 78.093°W.
Population
In 1891, Cardiff had a population of 612: 333 male and 279 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 497 |
| 1891 | 612 |
| 1901 | 698 |
| 1911 | 518 |
| 1921 | 553 |
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, Cardiff shared boundaries with:
- Burleigh, Anstruther & Chandos
- Faraday
- Harcourt, Dudley, Dysart, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Clyde, Eyre, Havelock, Livingstone, Lawrence & Nightingale
- Monmouth
- Monteagle & Herschell
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 612 total population, 333 males, 279 females, 195 married persons, 114 families, 98 married females, 97 married males, 13 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 6 widowed females, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 404 single persons under 18, 229 single males under 18, 175 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 604 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 114 houses, 114 houses built of wood, 114 occupied houses, 113 houses of 1 story, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,255 pounds of homemade butter, 22,485 acres of land in farms, 18,626 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,566 bushels of oats, 6,204 bushels of potatoes, 4,710 bushels of turnips, 4,230 bushels of peas, 3,859 acres of improved land in farms, 3,273 acres of farmland under crops, 2,706 bushels of spring wheat, 1,695 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,650 chickens, 1,298 bushels of barley, 1,154 acres of hay crops, 1,135 tons of hay, 653 acres of oats, 560 sheep, 535 acres of farmland in pasture, 533 other cattle, 434 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 378 milk cows, 318 bushels of buckwheat, 313 acres of wheat, 269 bushels of rye, 261 swine, 237 swine slaughtered or sold, 233 bushels of corn, 223 sheep slaughtered or sold, 172 cattle killed or sold, 146 horses aged over 3 years, 146 occupants of farms, 141 farm occupants who own their land, 89 geese, 86 acres of barley, 77 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 65 acres of potatoes, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 51 turkeys, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 45 oxen, 44 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 34 bushels of winter wheat, 29 acres of turnips, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 bushels of beans, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 ducks, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON110005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON116003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261025
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). "Cardiff, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cardiff-on110005-1891/.