Colborne, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Colborne, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,068. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.008°N, 77.885°W.
Population
In 1891, Colborne, Village had a population of 1,068: 514 male and 554 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 806 |
| 1871 | 823 |
| 1881 | 1,079 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 1,017 |
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, Colborne, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,068 total population, 554 females, 514 males, 373 married persons, 229 families, 188 married females, 185 married males, 68 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 627 single persons under 18, 315 single females under 18, 312 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,065 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 228 houses, 228 occupied houses, 214 houses of 2 stories, 172 houses built of wood, 146 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 55 houses built of brick, 27 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 story, 6 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,740 pounds of homemade butter, 3,550 bushels of turnips, 3,329 bushels of potatoes, 3,303 bushels of buckwheat, 2,245 bushels of oats, 1,880 bushels of corn, 1,580 chickens, 1,505 acres of land in farms, 1,365 acres of improved land in farms, 1,053 bushels of barley, 781 acres of farmland under crops, 661 bushels of spring wheat, 505 bushels of peas, 402 tons of hay, 330 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 310 bushels of winter wheat, 259 acres of hay crops, 254 acres of farmland in pasture, 230 bushels of rye, 226 occupants of farms, 221 swine slaughtered or sold, 212 horses aged over 3 years, 201 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 156 swine, 145 milk cows, 140 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 138 cattle killed or sold, 135 farm occupants who own their land, 111 acres of oats, 92 other cattle, 91 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 69 acres of wheat, 66 horses aged 3 years and under, 65 acres of barley, 39 acres of potatoes, 33 bushels of beans, 29 ducks, 20 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 sheep, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 5 geese, 3 turkeys, 2 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON099004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON095004— 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). "Colborne, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/colborne-village-on099004-1891/.