Markdale, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Markdale, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 756. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6770590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.319°N, 80.665°W.

Population

In 1891, Markdale, VL had a population of 756: 372 male and 384 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Glenelg, 1881 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Markdale, VL shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Glenelg

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 756 total population, 384 females, 372 males, 242 married persons, 147 families, 122 married females, 120 married males, 18 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 5.10 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 496 single persons under 18, 248 single females under 18, 248 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 755 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 147 houses, 147 occupied houses, 94 houses built of wood, 91 houses of 2 stories, 75 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 53 houses built of brick, 50 houses of 1 story, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,115 bushels of oats, 3,518 pounds of homemade butter, 3,277 bushels of potatoes, 2,117 acres of land in farms, 1,621 acres of improved land in farms, 1,257 acres of farmland under crops, 1,252 bushels of turnips, 1,251 bushels of peas, 1,019 chickens, 496 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 450 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 367 tons of hay, 355 bushels of winter wheat, 324 acres of hay crops, 310 bushels of barley, 301 acres of farmland in pasture, 225 cattle killed or sold, 199 acres of oats, 149 bushels of spring wheat, 107 occupants of farms, 107 swine, 104 sheep, 103 other cattle, 97 horses aged over 3 years, 93 milk cows, 87 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 82 sheep slaughtered or sold, 73 farm occupants who own their land, 73 swine slaughtered or sold, 70 geese, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 turkeys, 43 acres of wheat, 34 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 acres of potatoes, 20 ducks, 14 acres of barley, 11 bushels of corn, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 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: ON069006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q6770590
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdale

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). "Markdale, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/markdale-vl-on069006-1891/.