Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Galt, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,535. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q15982096. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.353°N, 80.319°W.

Population

In 1891, Galt, Town—Ville had a population of 7,535: 3,602 male and 3,933 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, Galt, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Dumfries N

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 7,535 total population, 3,933 females, 3,602 males, 2,649 married persons, 1,554 families, 1,332 married males, 1,317 married females, 422 widowed persons, 315 widowed females, 107 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,464 single persons under 18, 2,301 single females under 18, 2,163 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,515 persons who are not French Canadian, 20 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,543 occupied houses, 1,542 houses, 1,092 houses of 1 story, 1,009 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 745 houses built of wood, 460 houses built of brick, 429 houses of 2 stories, 337 houses built of stone, 222 houses of 5 rooms, 182 houses of 4 rooms, 81 uninhabited houses, 69 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of over 15 rooms, 20 houses under construction, 15 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,096 bushels of turnips, 12,669 bushels of potatoes, 7,401 pounds of homemade butter, 6,158 chickens, 3,623 bushels of oats, 3,248 bushels of barley, 1,869 acres of land in farms, 1,632 bushels of winter wheat, 1,502 acres of improved land in farms, 1,228 bushels of peas, 994 acres of farmland under crops, 577 occupants of farms, 562 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 515 tons of hay, 450 bushels of rye, 425 farm occupants who own their land, 399 horses aged over 3 years, 367 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 327 swine slaughtered or sold, 267 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 254 ducks, 245 acres of hay crops, 241 acres of farmland in pasture, 176 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 163 milk cows, 152 farm occupants who rent their land, 146 acres of oats, 140 bushels of spring wheat, 138 acres of potatoes, 135 acres of barley, 123 swine, 120 horses aged 3 years and under, 106 acres of wheat, 89 bushels of corn, 69 other cattle, 55 cattle killed or sold, 53 acres of turnips, 49 other fowl, 48 sheep, 36 geese, 29 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 28 bushels of beans, 25 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 turkeys, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 bushels of buckwheat, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 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: ON124003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q15982096
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galt,_Ontario

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). "Galt, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/galt-town-ville-on124003-1891/.