Charlotteville, Ontario (1891 census)

Charlotteville was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,937. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.759°N, 80.384°W.

Population

In 1891, Charlotteville had a population of 3,937: 2,001 male and 1,936 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, Charlotteville shared boundaries with:

• Middleton
• Walsingham
• Windham
• Woodhouse

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,937 total population, 2,001 males, 1,936 females, 1,461 married persons, 846 families, 731 married females, 730 married males, 169 widowed persons, 124 widowed females, 45 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,307 single persons under 18, 1,226 single males under 18, 1,081 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,935 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 845 occupied houses, 833 houses, 756 houses built of wood, 534 houses of 1 story, 431 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 299 houses of 2 stories, 105 houses of 5 rooms, 87 houses of 4 rooms, 82 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 77 houses built of brick, 77 houses of 3 rooms, 57 uninhabited houses, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 12 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 126,535 pounds of homemade butter, 66,045 bushels of winter wheat, 64,219 bushels of turnips, 55,892 bushels of corn, 51,973 bushels of oats, 51,040 acres of land in farms, 38,558 bushels of peas, 37,074 acres of improved land in farms, 29,747 bushels of potatoes, 28,972 acres of farmland under crops, 18,662 bushels of buckwheat, 18,580 chickens, 15,615 bushels of rye, 13,966 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,654 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,654 tons of hay, 5,940 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,480 swine, 4,876 acres of hay crops, 4,629 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,866 acres of wheat, 3,856 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,185 acres of oats, 2,311 bushels of barley, 2,306 sheep, 2,188 milk cows, 1,589 other cattle, 1,448 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,308 horses aged over 3 years, 903 sheep slaughtered or sold, 807 occupants of farms, 748 cattle killed or sold, 731 turkeys, 621 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 610 farm occupants who own their land, 558 horses aged 3 years and under, 453 acres of potatoes, 449 ducks, 441 geese, 408 bushels of beans, 330 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 252 bushels of spring wheat, 252 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 216 acres of turnips, 210 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 196 farm occupants who rent their land, 191 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 131 acres of barley, 124 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 98 oxen, 86 other fowl, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON098001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131001_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261089

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). "Charlotteville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/charlotteville-on098001-1891/.