Chatham, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Chatham, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 9,052. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5087616. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.393°N, 82.189°W.
Population
In 1891, Chatham, Town—Ville had a population of 9,052: 4,370 male and 4,682 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 7,873 |
| 1891 | 9,052 |
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, Chatham, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 9,052 total population, 4,682 females, 4,370 males, 3,125 married persons, 2,006 families, 1,564 married males, 1,561 married females, 589 widowed persons, 449 widowed females, 140 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,338 single persons under 18, 2,672 single females under 18, 2,666 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 8,823 persons who are not French Canadian, 229 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,975 occupied houses, 1,974 houses, 1,643 houses built of wood, 1,195 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,090 houses of 2 stories, 820 houses of 1 story, 330 houses built of brick, 322 houses of 5 rooms, 176 houses of 4 rooms, 112 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 91 houses of 3 rooms, 81 uninhabited houses, 57 houses of 3 stories, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 36 houses of over 15 rooms, 12 houses under construction, 7 houses of more than 3 stories, 5 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,274 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,503 bushels of corn, 4,903 chickens, 4,038 bushels of potatoes, 2,507 bushels of turnips, 2,200 pounds of homemade butter, 2,046 cattle killed or sold, 1,480 bushels of oats, 1,400 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,000 bushels of winter wheat, 895 bushels of peas, 852 horses aged over 3 years, 785 bushels of spring wheat, 627 swine, 609 acres of land in farms, 605 acres of improved land in farms, 379 bushels of beans, 301 acres of farmland under crops, 280 bushels of rye, 257 milk cows, 168 other fowl, 153 other cattle, 128 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 114 horses aged 3 years and under, 109 acres of wheat, 109 occupants of farms, 106 acres of farmland in pasture, 98 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 93 farm occupants who own their land, 93 tons of hay, 83 acres of oats, 82 bushels of barley, 54 acres of hay crops, 48 turkeys, 36 ducks, 34 acres of potatoes, 32 sheep, 25 acres of turnips, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 geese, 14 oxen, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 acres of barley, 4 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON079002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON079002_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5087616
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham,_Ontario
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). "Chatham, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chatham-town-ville-on079002-1891/.