Marlborough, Ontario (1891 census)

Marlborough was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,703. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.066°N, 75.807°W.

Population

In 1891, Marlborough had a population of 1,703: 878 male and 825 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, Marlborough shared boundaries with:

• Beckwith
• Goulburn
• Montague
• North Gower
• Oxford
• Wolford

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,703 total population, 878 males, 825 females, 504 married persons, 328 families, 254 married females, 250 married males, 71 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,128 single persons under 18, 599 single males under 18, 529 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,693 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 327 houses, 327 occupied houses, 323 houses of 1 story, 291 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 62 houses of 2 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses built of brick, 26 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 1 room, 9 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 74,554 bushels of oats, 67,114 pounds of homemade butter, 48,558 acres of land in farms, 47,084 bushels of potatoes, 32,833 acres of improved land in farms, 16,372 acres of farmland under crops, 16,355 acres of farmland in pasture, 15,725 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,446 chickens, 10,773 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,071 bushels of turnips, 7,381 bushels of spring wheat, 7,125 bushels of buckwheat, 6,342 bushels of barley, 5,911 acres of oats, 5,702 acres of hay crops, 5,544 bushels of peas, 4,778 tons of hay, 3,966 bushels of corn, 2,712 sheep, 2,072 milk cows, 2,051 bushels of rye, 1,905 turkeys, 1,745 other cattle, 1,710 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,538 geese, 1,277 swine, 1,119 swine slaughtered or sold, 928 acres of wheat, 739 horses aged over 3 years, 679 cattle killed or sold, 561 acres of barley, 555 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 531 acres of potatoes, 424 ducks, 337 horses aged 3 years and under, 309 occupants of farms, 307 farm occupants who own their land, 168 bushels of winter wheat, 114 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 106 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 95 bushels of beans, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 55 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 acres of turnips, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 other fowl, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON055003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Marlborough, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/marlborough-on055003-1891/.