Merritton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)
Merritton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,813. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6820370. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.141°N, 79.212°W.
Population
In 1891, Merritton, T-V had a population of 1,813: 855 male and 958 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,798 |
| 1891 | 1,813 |
| 1901 | 1,710 |
| 1911 | 1,670 |
| 1921 | 2,544 |
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, Merritton, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,813 total population, 958 females, 855 males, 564 married persons, 349 families, 285 married females, 279 married males, 86 widowed persons, 68 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,163 single persons under 18, 605 single females under 18, 558 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,812 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 340 occupied houses, 337 houses, 303 houses built of wood, 233 houses of 2 stories, 224 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 104 houses of 1 story, 49 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses built of brick, 25 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,391 pounds of homemade butter, 2,020 chickens, 406 acres of improved land in farms, 406 acres of land in farms, 393 bushels of potatoes, 341 occupants of farms, 336 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 279 acres of farmland in pasture, 172 farm occupants who own their land, 169 farm occupants who rent their land, 102 swine slaughtered or sold, 96 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 91 milk cows, 83 horses aged over 3 years, 80 bushels of corn, 78 geese, 76 ducks, 73 bushels of turnips, 59 other cattle, 59 tons of hay, 45 acres of hay crops, 45 swine, 31 acres of farmland under crops, 28 cattle killed or sold, Capacity of silos (tons): 17, 15 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 turkeys, 5 acres of potatoes, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Lillian Marietta Phelps | 1859–1920 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6820370
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritton
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). "Merritton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/merritton-t-v-on088005-1891/.