Clinton, Ontario (1891 census)
Clinton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,137. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.145°N, 79.452°W.
Population
In 1891, Clinton had a population of 2,137: 1,076 male and 1,061 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,399 |
| 1891 | 2,137 |
| 1901 | 2,056 |
| 1911 | 2,381 |
| 1921 | 2,892 |
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, Clinton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,137 total population, 1,076 males, 1,061 females, 857 married persons, 488 families, 429 married females, 428 married males, 86 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,194 single persons under 18, 619 single males under 18, 575 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,137 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 443 houses, 443 occupied houses, 373 houses built of wood, 276 houses of 2 stories, 273 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 166 houses of 1 story, 88 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 66 houses built of brick, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 150,044 pounds of homemade butter, 58,360 bushels of winter wheat, 42,913 bushels of oats, 31,841 bushels of corn, 24,673 acres of land in farms, 20,739 acres of improved land in farms, 15,858 acres of farmland under crops, 12,617 bushels of barley, 12,123 bushels of potatoes, 11,145 chickens, 8,413 bushels of peas, 8,056 tons of hay, 5,730 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,438 acres of hay crops, 3,934 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,488 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,440 acres of wheat, 3,009 bushels of spring wheat, 2,658 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,572 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,400 bushels of turnips, 2,061 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,002 swine, 1,948 acres of oats, 1,393 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,178 milk cows, 1,053 sheep, 1,049 horses aged over 3 years, 1,009 other cattle, 947 bushels of buckwheat, 825 sheep slaughtered or sold, 686 cattle killed or sold, 650 acres of barley, 427 bushels of beans, 417 occupants of farms, 339 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 296 horses aged 3 years and under, 295 farm occupants who own their land, 217 ducks, 210 turkeys, 161 geese, 155 acres of potatoes, 145 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 124 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 farm occupants who rent their land, 87 bushels of rye, 86 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 80, 57 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 oxen, 13 other fowl, 10 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Theresa Mary Johnson | 1863–1899 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126002_1881— 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). "Clinton, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clinton-on088002-1891/.