Clarke, Ontario (1891 census)
Clarke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.990°N, 78.563°W.
Population
In 1891, Clarke had a population of 4,427: 2,238 male and 2,189 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 6,190 |
| 1861 | 6,575 |
| 1871 | 5,728 |
| 1881 | 5,169 |
| 1891 | 4,427 |
| 1901 | 3,788 |
| 1911 | 3,375 |
| 1921 | 3,039 |
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, Clarke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,427 total population, 2,238 males, 2,189 females, 1,521 married persons, 953 families, 761 married males, 760 married females, 232 widowed persons, 160 widowed females, 72 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,674 single persons under 18, 1,405 single males under 18, 1,269 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,425 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 948 occupied houses, 945 houses, 774 houses built of wood, 602 houses of 1 story, 581 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 338 houses of 2 stories, 134 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 127 houses built of brick, 87 houses of 5 rooms, 78 houses of 4 rooms, 49 uninhabited houses, 44 houses built of stone, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 465,298 bushels of turnips, 201,219 pounds of homemade butter, 164,506 bushels of oats, 154,931 bushels of barley, 72,227 bushels of peas, 67,151 acres of land in farms, 56,910 acres of improved land in farms, 53,029 bushels of spring wheat, 51,800 bushels of potatoes, 46,461 acres of farmland under crops, 32,360 chickens, 15,396 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,426 bushels of buckwheat, 11,821 bushels of corn, 11,767 tons of hay, 10,745 bushels of rye, 10,241 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,231 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,703 acres of barley, 7,964 acres of hay crops, 7,172 acres of oats, 5,659 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5,460 acres of wheat, 3,829 sheep, 3,695 other cattle, 3,688 swine, 3,510 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,895 bushels of winter wheat, 2,572 turkeys, 2,392 geese, 2,289 milk cows, 2,137 horses aged over 3 years, 1,923 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,778 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,702 cattle killed or sold, 1,499 ducks, 1,218 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,190 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,186 acres of turnips, 917 horses aged 3 years and under, 902 occupants of farms, 781 bushels of beans, 610 acres of potatoes, 607 farm occupants who own their land, 340 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 293 farm occupants who rent their land, 242 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 208 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 150, 88 other fowl, 75 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 oxen, 2 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Edwin Hunter | 1856–1919 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON059003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON108003_1891— 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). "Clarke, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clarke-on059003-1891/.