Haldimand, Ontario (1891 census)

Haldimand was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,484. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261662. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.068°N, 78.031°W.

Population

In 1891, Haldimand had a population of 4,484: 2,330 male and 2,154 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, Haldimand shared boundaries with:

• Alnwick
• Cramahe
• Hamilton
• Percy

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 4,484 total population, 2,330 males, 2,154 females, 1,473 married persons, 918 families, 737 married females, 736 married males, 227 widowed persons, 140 widowed females, 87 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,784 single persons under 18, 1,507 single males under 18, 1,277 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,477 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 915 occupied houses, 914 houses, 758 houses built of wood, 683 houses of 1 story, 487 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 231 houses of 2 stories, 134 houses of 5 rooms, 133 houses built of brick, 117 houses of 4 rooms, 69 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of stone, 7 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 308,251 bushels of turnips, 169,548 pounds of homemade butter, 113,330 bushels of potatoes, 112,581 bushels of oats, 92,555 bushels of barley, 74,395 acres of land in farms, 60,270 acres of improved land in farms, 58,785 bushels of spring wheat, 46,968 acres of farmland under crops, 46,812 bushels of buckwheat, 45,499 bushels of peas, 42,006 bushels of corn, 27,764 chickens, 20,189 bushels of rye, 17,789 bushels of winter wheat, 15,146 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 14,125 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,999 tons of hay, 11,734 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,497 acres of hay crops, 6,696 acres of wheat, 5,879 acres of oats, 5,752 acres of barley, 3,432 sheep, 3,260 swine, 3,102 other cattle, 2,980 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,800 milk cows, 2,060 horses aged over 3 years, 1,753 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,684 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,568 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,366 cattle killed or sold, 1,213 acres of potatoes, 1,158 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,044 geese, 905 turkeys, 876 occupants of farms, 810 horses aged 3 years and under, 805 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 751 acres of turnips, 650 ducks, 619 farm occupants who own their land, 437 bushels of beans, 308 other fowl, 293 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 253 farm occupants who rent their land, 214 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 211 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 95 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 63 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 28 oxen, 4 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: ON100003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261662

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). "Haldimand, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/haldimand-on100003-1891/.