Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Georgetown, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,509. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3103735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.648°N, 79.930°W.

Population

In 1891, Georgetown, Village had a population of 1,509: 721 male and 788 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, Georgetown, Village shared boundaries with:

• Esquesing

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,509 total population, 788 females, 721 males, 525 married persons, 312 families, 263 married males, 262 married females, 91 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 893 single persons under 18, 463 single females under 18, 430 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,509 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 311 houses, 311 occupied houses, 246 houses of 1 story, 242 houses built of wood, 207 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 66 houses built of brick, 63 houses of 2 stories, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,803 pounds of homemade butter, 3,434 bushels of turnips, 3,308 bushels of potatoes, 2,910 bushels of oats, 2,890 chickens, 1,913 bushels of winter wheat, 1,492 bushels of peas, 1,255 acres of land in farms, 1,125 acres of improved land in farms, 1,000 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 940 bushels of barley, 672 acres of farmland under crops, 352 acres of farmland in pasture, 252 tons of hay, 235 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 228 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 197 swine, 156 acres of hay crops, 141 horses aged over 3 years, 130 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 124 ducks, 122 milk cows, 111 acres of oats, 111 swine slaughtered or sold, 110 sheep, 103 acres of wheat, 101 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 98 cattle killed or sold, 84 other cattle, 70 bushels of spring wheat, 50 sheep slaughtered or sold, 47 occupants of farms, 45 bushels of corn, 43 farm occupants who own their land, 32 acres of barley, 29 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 acres of potatoes, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, Capacity of silos (tons): 15, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 7 geese, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON071004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3103735
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_(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). "Georgetown, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/georgetown-village-on071004-1891/.