Dereham, Ontario (1891 census)
Dereham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,025. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261273. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.928°N, 80.813°W.
Population
In 1891, Dereham had a population of 4,025: 2,086 male and 1,939 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,644 |
| 1861 | 5,476 |
| 1871 | 5,838 |
| 1881 | 4,486 |
| 1891 | 4,025 |
| 1901 | 3,979 |
| 1911 | 3,836 |
| 1921 | 3,552 |
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, Dereham shared boundaries with:
- Bayham
- Dorchester N
- Dorchester S
- Malahide
- Middleton
- Norwich N
- Norwich S
- Oxford W-O
- Tilsonburg, Town—Ville
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 4,025 total population, 2,086 males, 1,939 females, 1,481 married persons, 809 families, 741 married males, 740 married females, 143 widowed persons, 96 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,401 single persons under 18, 1,298 single males under 18, 1,103 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,021 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 806 houses, 806 occupied houses, 668 houses built of wood, 482 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 478 houses of 1 story, 327 houses of 2 stories, 124 houses built of brick, 106 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 72 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 14 houses built of stone, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 181,473 bushels of oats, 143,147 bushels of turnips, 138,204 pounds of homemade butter, 107,730 bushels of winter wheat, 63,713 acres of land in farms, 63,567 bushels of corn, 51,508 acres of improved land in farms, 42,789 bushels of peas, 41,301 bushels of barley, 36,631 acres of farmland under crops, 26,658 chickens, 21,119 bushels of potatoes, 15,351 tons of hay, 14,838 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 13,423 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,205 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,949 swine, 10,005 swine slaughtered or sold, 8,456 acres of hay crops, 6,542 milk cows, 6,433 acres of oats, 5,941 bushels of spring wheat, 5,469 acres of wheat, 3,424 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,151 other cattle, 1,740 acres of barley, 1,739 horses aged over 3 years, 1,613 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,593 turkeys, 1,460 bushels of rye, 1,454 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,398 cattle killed or sold, 1,020 sheep, 1,010 ducks, 841 geese, 804 occupants of farms, 699 horses aged 3 years and under, 684 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 665 bushels of buckwheat, 653 sheep slaughtered or sold, 542 farm occupants who own their land, 388 acres of turnips, 271 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 264 acres of potatoes, 261 farm occupants who rent their land, 237 bushels of beans, 229 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 160 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 101 other fowl, 101 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 oxen, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin Delevan Tillson | 1825–1902 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON097001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON134003_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261273
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). "Dereham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dereham-on097001-1891/.