Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,776. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.373°N, 79.105°W.

Population

In 1891, Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey had a population of 1,776: 984 male and 792 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Franklin, Sinclair, 1881 (66.7% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Franklin, 1901 (32.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sinclair, 1901 (32.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Chaffey, 1901 (35.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey 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 1,776 total population, 984 males, 792 females, 612 married persons, 337 families, 306 married females, 306 married males, 29 widowed persons, 15 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,135 single persons under 18, 663 single males under 18, 472 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,775 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 337 houses, 337 houses built of wood, 337 occupied houses, 323 houses of 1 story, 101 houses of 3 rooms, 77 houses of 2 rooms, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 44 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 1 room, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 73,974 pounds of homemade butter, 66,522 acres of land in farms, 56,271 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 33,059 bushels of oats, 29,899 bushels of potatoes, 25,546 bushels of turnips, 10,251 acres of improved land in farms, 8,016 acres of farmland under crops, 7,788 bushels of peas, 5,526 chickens, 4,957 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,105 acres of hay crops, 3,475 tons of hay, 2,144 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,125 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,842 acres of oats, 1,798 bushels of barley, 1,607 bushels of buckwheat, 1,387 sheep, 1,165 other cattle, 1,050 swine, 1,018 bushels of spring wheat, 786 milk cows, 619 swine slaughtered or sold, 409 sheep slaughtered or sold, 404 occupants of farms, 391 farm occupants who own their land, 389 cattle killed or sold, 383 bushels of corn, 343 horses aged over 3 years, 250 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of rye, 195 turkeys, 192 geese, 184 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 161 oxen, 136 acres of wheat, 122 acres of turnips, 112 acres of barley, 110 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 91 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 88 horses aged 3 years and under, 66 ducks, 64 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 other fowl, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 13 bushels of beans, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095010 — 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). "Franklin, Sinclair & Chaffey, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/franklin-sinclair-chaffey-on095010-1891/.