Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Clinton, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Clinton, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,635. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.611°N, 81.552°W.
Population
In 1891, Clinton, Town—Ville had a population of 2,635: 1,229 male and 1,406 female residents. Population density was 2626.9 people per square mile.
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, Clinton, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 546 |
| Number of families | 546 |
| Number of females | 1,406 |
| Number of males | 1,229 |
| Number of married females | 441 |
| Number of married males | 437 |
| Number of married persons | 878 |
| Number of widowed females | 120 |
| Number of widowed males | 36 |
| Number of widowed persons | 156 |
| POP F | 1,406 |
| POP M | 1,229 |
| POP TOT | 2,635 |
| Total population | 2,635 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 845 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 756 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,601 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,635 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 534 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 76 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 458 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 407 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 125 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 31 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 89 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 372 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 534 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 64 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 74 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 403 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 161 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,069 |
| Acres of hay crops | 321 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,674 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,835 |
| Acres of oats | 239 |
| Acres of potatoes | 43 |
| Acres of turnips | 13 |
| Acres of wheat | 113 |
| BAR AC | 74 |
| BAR BU | 1,765 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,765 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,830 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2,005 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,672 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 832 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,378 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 1,655 |
| CRN BU | 10 |
| HAY AC | 321 |
| HAY TONS | 509 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 781 |
| Number of chickens | 1,936 |
| Number of ducks | 22 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 308 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 56 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 46 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 251 |
| Number of milk cows | 112 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 364 |
| Number of other cattle | 181 |
| Number of other fowl | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 347 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 206 |
| Number of swine | 139 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 790 |
| Number of turkeys | 26 |
| OAT AC | 239 |
| OAT BU | 7,830 |
| PEA BU | 2,005 |
| POT AC | 43 |
| POT BU | 4,672 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 100 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 45 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,610 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 509 |
| WHT AC | 113 |
| WHT FALL BU | 1,655 |
| WHT SP BU | 832 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 5 |
| A 11 50 | 4 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 7 |
| BEN BU | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,610 |
| CATTLE KS | 781 |
| CHEESE LB | 100 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 845 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 756 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,601 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 45 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 46 |
| DUCKS | 22 |
| FAMILIES | 546 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| GRA BU | 60 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,936 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 251 |
| HOUSES | 534 |
| HOUSES B | 76 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 18 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 89 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 31 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 407 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 372 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 11 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 125 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 64 |
| HOUSES W | 458 |
| INF 11 A | 347 |
| MD FEM | 441 |
| MD MALE | 437 |
| MD TOT | 878 |
| MILK COWS | 112 |
| NAME CD | Huron, West—Ouest |
| OC F | 56 |
| OC P | 308 |
| OC TOT | 364 |
| OTHER FOWL | 10 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 181 |
| OTHERS | 2,635 |
| SHEEP KS | 206 |
| SUP AM | 1,674 |
| SUP FOR | 161 |
| SUP PAT | 403 |
| SUP SC | 1,069 |
| SUP TOT | 1,835 |
| SWINE | 139 |
| SWINE KS | 790 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 534 |
| TUR AC | 13 |
| TUR BU | 5,378 |
| TURKEY | 26 |
| WID FEM | 120 |
| WID MALE | 36 |
| WID TOT | 156 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON078002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119017 — 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, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/clinton-town-ville-on078002-1891/.