Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Carleton Place, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Carleton Place, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,435. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.143°N, 76.139°W.
Population
In 1891, Carleton Place, Village had a population of 4,435: 2,206 male and 2,229 female residents. Population density was 1731.3 people per square mile.
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, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 853 |
| Number of families | 853 |
| Number of females | 2,229 |
| Number of males | 2,206 |
| Number of married females | 748 |
| Number of married males | 748 |
| Number of married persons | 1,496 |
| Number of widowed females | 138 |
| Number of widowed males | 46 |
| Number of widowed persons | 184 |
| POP F | 2,229 |
| POP M | 2,206 |
| POP TOT | 4,435 |
| Total population | 4,435 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,343 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,412 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,755 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 71 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 4,364 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 850 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 160 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 26 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 664 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 693 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 146 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 66 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 10 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 80 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 97 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 552 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of occupied houses | 850 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 40 |
Agriculture (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 12 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 624 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 956 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 593 |
| Acres of hay crops | 334 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,424 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,380 |
| Acres of oats | 213 |
| Acres of potatoes | 85 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 73 |
| BAR AC | 12 |
| BAR BU | 150 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 150 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 119 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 116 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,975 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 606 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,195 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 656 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,271 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 6 |
| BWT BU | 116 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 50 |
| CRN BU | 60 |
| HAY AC | 334 |
| HAY TONS | 314 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 37 |
| Number of chickens | 3,941 |
| Number of ducks | 40 |
| Number of employees on farms | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 356 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 141 |
| Number of geese | 41 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 41 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 211 |
| Number of milk cows | 279 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 499 |
| Number of other cattle | 86 |
| Number of other fowl | 26 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 478 |
| Number of sheep | 90 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 15 |
| Number of swine | 103 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 42 |
| Number of turkeys | 8 |
| OAT AC | 213 |
| OAT BU | 3,975 |
| PEA BU | 606 |
| POT AC | 85 |
| POT BU | 7,195 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 695 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 348 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 9,622 |
| RYE BU | 80 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 314 |
| WHT AC | 73 |
| WHT FALL BU | 6 |
| WHT SP BU | 656 |
Other recorded variables (68 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 9 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BEN BU | 119 |
| BUTTER LB | 9,622 |
| CATTLE KS | 37 |
| CHEESE LB | 695 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,343 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,412 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,755 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 348 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 41 |
| DUCKS | 40 |
| FAMILIES | 853 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 71 |
| GEESE | 41 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 3,941 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 211 |
| HOUSES | 850 |
| HOUSES B | 160 |
| HOUSES CON | 6 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 97 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 80 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 693 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 26 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 552 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 66 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 10 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 20 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 146 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 40 |
| HOUSES W | 664 |
| INF 11 A | 478 |
| MD FEM | 748 |
| MD MALE | 748 |
| MD TOT | 1,496 |
| MILK COWS | 279 |
| NAME CD | Lanark, South—Sud |
| OC E | 2 |
| OC F | 141 |
| OC P | 356 |
| OC TOT | 499 |
| OTHER FOWL | 26 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 86 |
| OTHERS | 4,364 |
| SHEEP | 90 |
| SHEEP KS | 15 |
| SILOS | 50 |
| SUP AM | 1,424 |
| SUP FOR | 956 |
| SUP PAT | 624 |
| SUP SC | 593 |
| SUP TOT | 2,380 |
| SWINE | 103 |
| SWINE KS | 42 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 850 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 1,271 |
| TURKEY | 8 |
| WID FEM | 138 |
| WID MALE | 46 |
| WID TOT | 184 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON084004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123016 — 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). "Carleton Place, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/carleton-place-village-on084004-1891/.