Chapman & Croft, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Chapman & Croft (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Chapman & Croft was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.678°N, 79.661°W.

Population

In 1891, Chapman & Croft had a population of 1,301: 688 male and 613 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Croft, 1901 (50.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Chapman, 1901 (49.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Chapman & Croft shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,301 total population, 688 males, 613 females, 432 married persons, 263 families, 216 married females, 216 married males, 27 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 842 single persons under 18, 459 single males under 18, 383 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,299 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 261 houses, 261 occupied houses, 255 houses built of wood, 191 houses of 2 stories, 69 houses of 1 story, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 55 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 52 houses of 3 rooms, 44 houses of 2 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 14 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,689 pounds of homemade butter, 45,035 acres of land in farms, 37,074 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 22,362 bushels of oats, 15,075 bushels of potatoes, 12,495 bushels of turnips, 7,961 acres of improved land in farms, 6,205 acres of farmland under crops, 5,261 bushels of peas, 4,260 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,404 chickens, 2,662 tons of hay, 2,615 acres of hay crops, 1,730 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,447 bushels of spring wheat, 1,413 acres of oats, 1,232 bushels of barley, 1,193 sheep, 834 other cattle, 657 swine, 506 swine slaughtered or sold, 502 milk cows, 350 bushels of rye, 331 sheep slaughtered or sold, 306 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 265 cattle killed or sold, 258 occupants of farms, 244 farm occupants who own their land, 238 horses aged over 3 years, 202 acres of wheat, 159 geese, 139 acres of potatoes, 131 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 110 acres of barley, 101 oxen, 65 acres of turnips, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 55 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 49 turkeys, 41 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 40 bushels of corn, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 ducks, 19 bushels of winter wheat, 16 bushels of beans, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 other fowl, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095006 — 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). "Chapman & Croft, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chapman-croft-on095006-1891/.