Goulburn, Ontario (1891 census)

Goulburn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,784. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4141332. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.191°N, 75.928°W.

Population

In 1891, Goulburn had a population of 2,784: 1,443 male and 1,341 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, Goulburn shared boundaries with:

• Beckwith
• Huntley
• March
• Marlborough
• Nepean
• North Gower
• Richmond, Village

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,784 total population, 1,443 males, 1,341 females, 825 married persons, 500 families, 414 married males, 411 married females, 96 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,863 single persons under 18, 996 single males under 18, 867 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,782 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 494 houses, 494 occupied houses, 444 houses built of wood, 387 houses of 1 story, 221 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 106 houses of 2 stories, 77 houses of 3 rooms, 73 houses of 4 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 32 houses built of stone, 24 uninhabited houses, 18 houses built of brick, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 133,458 bushels of oats, 121,974 pounds of homemade butter, 75,841 bushels of potatoes, 56,042 acres of land in farms, 43,545 acres of improved land in farms, 28,367 acres of farmland under crops, 26,380 bushels of turnips, 26,378 bushels of spring wheat, 21,572 bushels of peas, 21,503 chickens, 16,837 bushels of buckwheat, 16,531 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 14,872 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,497 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,976 bushels of barley, 9,451 acres of oats, 6,574 acres of hay crops, 6,418 tons of hay, 4,465 bushels of rye, 3,591 sheep, 2,592 acres of wheat, 2,500 milk cows, 2,469 other cattle, 2,232 turkeys, 2,229 geese, 2,096 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,058 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,181 horses aged over 3 years, 1,149 swine, 918 cattle killed or sold, 821 acres of potatoes, 820 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 805 ducks, 802 acres of barley, 639 bushels of corn, 509 horses aged 3 years and under, 491 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 485 occupants of farms, 444 farm occupants who own their land, 306 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 260 bushels of beans, 170 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 150, 138 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 112 acres of turnips, 70 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 64 other fowl, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 2 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON055001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4141332
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulbourn_Township,_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). "Goulburn, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/goulburn-on055001-1891/.