Merritton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Merritton, Village was a village 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, Village had a population of 1,813: 855 male and 958 female residents. Population density was 1807.4 people per square mile.
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, Merritton, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 349 |
| Number of families | 349 |
| Number of females | 958 |
| Number of males | 855 |
| Number of married females | 285 |
| Number of married males | 279 |
| Number of married persons | 564 |
| Number of widowed females | 68 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 86 |
| POP F | 958 |
| POP M | 855 |
| POP TOT | 1,813 |
| Total population | 1,813 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 605 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 558 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,163 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,812 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 3 |
| Number of houses | 337 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 25 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 303 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 104 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 233 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 34 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 49 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 224 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 340 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 25 |
Agriculture (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 96 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 279 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 31 |
| Acres of hay crops | 45 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 406 |
| Acres of land in farms | 406 |
| Acres of potatoes | 5 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 393 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 73 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 17 |
| CRN BU | 80 |
| HAY AC | 45 |
| HAY TONS | 59 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 28 |
| Number of chickens | 2,020 |
| Number of ducks | 76 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 172 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 169 |
| Number of geese | 78 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 15 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 83 |
| Number of milk cows | 91 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 341 |
| Number of other cattle | 59 |
| Number of other fowl | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 336 |
| Number of swine | 45 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 102 |
| Number of turkeys | 6 |
| POT AC | 5 |
| POT BU | 393 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 7,391 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 59 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 7,391 |
| CATTLE KS | 28 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 605 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 558 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,163 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 15 |
| DUCKS | 76 |
| FAMILIES | 349 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 78 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,020 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 83 |
| HOUSES | 337 |
| HOUSES B | 25 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 11 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 49 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 34 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 104 |
| HOUSES S | 9 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 224 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 233 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 25 |
| HOUSES W | 303 |
| INF 11 A | 336 |
| MD FEM | 285 |
| MD MALE | 279 |
| MD TOT | 564 |
| MILK COWS | 91 |
| NAME CD | Lincoln and Niagara |
| OC F | 169 |
| OC P | 172 |
| OC TOT | 341 |
| OTHER FOWL | 2 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 59 |
| OTHERS | 1,812 |
| SILOS | 17 |
| SUP AM | 406 |
| SUP JV | 96 |
| SUP PAT | 279 |
| SUP SC | 31 |
| SUP TOT | 406 |
| SWINE | 45 |
| SWINE KS | 102 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 340 |
| TUR BU | 73 |
| TURKEY | 6 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 3 |
| WID FEM | 68 |
| WID MALE | 18 |
| WID TOT | 86 |
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, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/merritton-village-on088005-1891/.