Darlington, Ontario (1891 census)

Darlington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.969°N, 78.747°W.

Population

In 1891, Darlington had a population of 4,757: 2,302 male and 2,455 female residents.

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, Darlington shared boundaries with:

• Bowmanville, T-V
• Cartwright
• Clarke
• Manvers
• Whitby E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,757 total population, 2,455 females, 2,302 males, 1,587 married persons, 962 families, 795 married males, 792 married females, 220 widowed persons, 149 widowed females, 71 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,950 single persons under 18, 1,514 single females under 18, 1,436 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,757 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 960 houses, 960 occupied houses, 880 houses of 1 story, 721 houses built of wood, 624 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 176 houses built of brick, 133 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 90 houses of 5 rooms, 78 houses of 2 stories, 72 uninhabited houses, 63 houses built of stone, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 729,614 bushels of turnips, 227,494 pounds of homemade butter, 206,438 bushels of barley, 174,283 bushels of oats, 69,129 acres of land in farms, 62,666 bushels of peas, 62,426 acres of improved land in farms, 50,344 acres of farmland under crops, 46,642 bushels of potatoes, 42,379 bushels of spring wheat, 35,590 bushels of corn, 31,697 chickens, 19,814 bushels of buckwheat, 15,933 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,647 tons of hay, 11,139 acres of barley, 10,461 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,166 acres of hay crops, 7,177 acres of oats, 6,703 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,984 acres of wheat, 5,302 swine, 4,960 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,042 other cattle, 3,998 sheep, 3,070 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,020 bushels of rye, 2,721 milk cows, 2,491 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,222 horses aged over 3 years, 1,632 acres of turnips, 1,621 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,617 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,441 cattle killed or sold, 1,406 geese, 1,298 turkeys, 1,057 horses aged 3 years and under, 919 occupants of farms, 740 ducks, 654 acres of potatoes, 630 farm occupants who own their land, 543 bushels of beans, 388 bushels of winter wheat, 333 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 284 farm occupants who rent their land, 233 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 220 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 219 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 115, 88 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 47 other fowl, 46 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 oxen, 5 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 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON059004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108004_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). "Darlington, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/darlington-on059004-1891/.