Carleton Place, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Carleton Place, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,435. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1041701. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.143°N, 76.139°W.

Population

In 1891, Carleton Place, T-V had a population of 4,435: 2,206 male and 2,229 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, Carleton Place, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Beckwith
• Ramsay

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 4,435 total population, 2,229 females, 2,206 males, 1,496 married persons, 853 families, 748 married females, 748 married males, 184 widowed persons, 138 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,755 single persons under 18, 1,412 single males under 18, 1,343 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,364 persons who are not French Canadian, 71 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 850 houses, 850 occupied houses, 693 houses of 1 story, 664 houses built of wood, 552 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 160 houses built of brick, 146 houses of 2 stories, 97 houses of 5 rooms, 80 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 3 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 26 houses built of stone, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 3 stories, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,622 pounds of homemade butter, 7,195 bushels of potatoes, 3,975 bushels of oats, 3,941 chickens, 2,380 acres of land in farms, 1,424 acres of improved land in farms, 1,271 bushels of turnips, 956 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 695 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 656 bushels of spring wheat, 624 acres of farmland in pasture, 606 bushels of peas, 593 acres of farmland under crops, 499 occupants of farms, 478 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 356 farm occupants who own their land, 348 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 334 acres of hay crops, 314 tons of hay, 279 milk cows, 213 acres of oats, 211 horses aged over 3 years, 150 bushels of barley, 141 farm occupants who rent their land, 119 bushels of beans, 116 bushels of buckwheat, 103 swine, 90 sheep, 86 other cattle, 85 acres of potatoes, 80 bushels of rye, 73 acres of wheat, 60 bushels of corn, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 42 swine slaughtered or sold, 41 geese, 41 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 ducks, 37 cattle killed or sold, 26 other fowl, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 turkeys, 7 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of winter wheat, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON084004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123016_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1041701
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Place
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Place

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). "Carleton Place, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/carleton-place-t-v-on084004-1891/.