Kincardine, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Kincardine, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,631. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3492582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.170°N, 81.630°W.

Population

In 1891, Kincardine, Town—Ville had a population of 2,631: 1,277 male and 1,354 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, Kincardine, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Kincardine

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,631 total population, 1,354 females, 1,277 males, 844 married persons, 518 families, 425 married females, 419 married males, 116 widowed persons, 82 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,671 single persons under 18, 847 single females under 18, 824 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,623 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 519 houses, 519 occupied houses, 382 houses built of wood, 372 houses of 2 stories, 357 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 137 houses of 1 story, 135 houses built of brick, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,825 bushels of turnips, 8,557 bushels of potatoes, 7,905 pounds of homemade butter, 6,586 bushels of oats, 3,227 acres of land in farms, 2,871 acres of improved land in farms, 2,494 chickens, 1,960 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,414 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,303 bushels of peas, 1,110 acres of farmland under crops, 722 tons of hay, 710 bushels of winter wheat, 620 bushels of barley, 556 acres of hay crops, 515 occupants of farms, 478 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 453 cattle killed or sold, 417 farm occupants who own their land, 400 bushels of rye, 356 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 346 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 312 bushels of spring wheat, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 249 acres of oats, 221 milk cows, 207 horses aged over 3 years, 170 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 164 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 141 swine, 128 swine slaughtered or sold, 111 sheep, 108 other cattle, 102 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 97 farm occupants who rent their land, 66 acres of potatoes, 60 geese, 59 acres of wheat, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 27 acres of turnips, 24 acres of barley, 24 ducks, 24 other fowl, 22 bushels of beans, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 bushels of corn, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys, 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 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: ON053004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON050004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3492582
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincardine,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kincardine_(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). "Kincardine, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kincardine-town-ville-on053004-1891/.