Matilda, Ontario (1891 census)

Matilda was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,138. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.916°N, 75.348°W.

Population

In 1891, Matilda had a population of 4,138: 2,072 male and 2,066 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, Matilda shared boundaries with:

• Edwardsburg
• Iroquois, Village
• Mountain
• Williamsburg

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 4,138 total population, 2,072 males, 2,066 females, 1,477 married persons, 825 families, 739 married males, 738 married females, 190 widowed persons, 128 widowed females, 62 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,471 single persons under 18, 1,271 single males under 18, 1,200 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,129 persons who are not French Canadian, 9 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 807 houses, 807 occupied houses, 769 houses of 1 story, 590 houses built of wood, 422 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 129 houses built of brick, 97 houses of 4 rooms, 88 houses built of stone, 83 houses of 3 rooms, 71 houses of 5 rooms, 67 houses of 2 rooms, 46 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 38 houses of 2 stories, 16 houses of 1 room, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 224,979 pounds of homemade butter, 116,247 bushels of oats, 62,833 bushels of potatoes, 61,532 acres of land in farms, 49,923 acres of improved land in farms, 33,859 acres of farmland under crops, 28,754 chickens, 20,587 bushels of corn, 17,388 tons of hay, 15,312 acres of farmland in pasture, 15,292 acres of hay crops, 14,620 bushels of barley, 12,600 bushels of buckwheat, 11,609 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,761 acres of oats, 9,815 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,377 bushels of turnips, 5,058 milk cows, 3,782 bushels of spring wheat, 2,599 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,078 other cattle, 2,057 swine, 1,989 horses aged over 3 years, 1,765 sheep, 1,534 acres of barley, 1,386 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,265 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,225 bushels of peas, 1,063 cattle killed or sold, 1,015 geese, 804 occupants of farms, 759 horses aged 3 years and under, 752 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 684 acres of wheat, 683 acres of potatoes, 676 farm occupants who own their land, 611 turkeys, 597 ducks, Capacity of silos (tons): 438, 434 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 405 bushels of beans, 268 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 248 bushels of winter wheat, 187 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 178 bushels of rye, 166 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 148 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 122 farm occupants who rent their land, 60 other fowl, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 34 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22 acres of turnips, 6 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON057003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107001 — 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). "Matilda, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/matilda-on057003-1891/.