Midland, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Midland, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Midland, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,088. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1931996. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.750°N, 79.903°W.

Population

In 1891, Midland, Village had a population of 2,088: 1,058 male and 1,030 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,095
1891	2,088
1901	3,174
1911	4,663
1921	7,016

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, Midland, Village shared boundaries with:

Tay
Tiny

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.30
FAM NO	396
Number of families	396
Number of females	1,030
Number of males	1,058
Number of married females	389
Number of married males	389
Number of married persons	778
Number of widowed females	33
Number of widowed males	9
Number of widowed persons	42
POP F	1,030
POP M	1,058
POP TOT	2,088
Total population	2,088

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	608
Number of single males under 18	660
Number of single persons under 18	1,268

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	130
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,958

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	396
Number of houses built of brick	57
Number of houses built of wood	339
Number of houses of 1 story	335
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 rooms	17
Number of houses of 2 stories	56
Number of houses of 3 rooms	29
Number of houses of 3 stories	5
Number of houses of 4 rooms	53
Number of houses of 5 rooms	82
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	203
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	396
Number of uninhabited houses	8

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	7
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	91
Acres of farmland in pasture	71
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,476
Acres of farmland under crops	387
Acres of hay crops	95
Acres of improved land in farms	549
Acres of land in farms	3,025
Acres of oats	25
Acres of potatoes	46
Acres of turnips	2
Acres of wheat	52
BAR AC	7
BAR BU	190
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	190
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	100
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	5
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	835
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	230
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,501
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	340
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	502
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	600
BWT BU	100
CRN BU	5
HAY AC	95
HAY TONS	100
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	16
Number of chickens	1,345
Number of ducks	41
Number of farm occupants who own their land	244
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	126
Number of geese	32
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	116
Number of milk cows	135
Number of occupants of farms	370
Number of other cattle	31
Number of other fowl	5
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	347
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	6
Number of swine	41
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	51
OAT AC	25
OAT BU	835
PEA BU	230
POT AC	46
POT BU	4,501
Pounds of homemade butter	16,390
Tons of hay produced in the past year	100
WHT AC	52
WHT FALL BU	600
WHT SP BU	340

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	6
A 11 50	8
A 201 PL	4
A 51 100	5
BUTTER LB	16,390
CATTLE KS	16
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	608
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	660
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,268
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	41
FAMILIES	396
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.30
FRN CA	130
GEESE	32
HENS AND CHKN	1,345
HORSES OVR THREE	116
HOUSES	396
HOUSES B	57
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	8
HOUSES FIVE RM	82
HOUSES FOUR RM	53
HOUSES ONE STRY	335
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	203
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	29
HOUSES THREE STRY	5
HOUSES TWO RM	17
HOUSES TWO STRY	56
HOUSES UNINH	8
HOUSES W	339
INF 11 A	347
MD FEM	389
MD MALE	389
MD TOT	778
MILK COWS	135
NAME CD	Simcoe, East-Est
OC F	126
OC P	244
OC TOT	370
OTHER FOWL	5
OTHER HRN CATTLE	31
OTHERS	1,958
SHEEP KS	6
SUP AM	549
SUP FOR	2,476
SUP JV	91
SUP PAT	71
SUP SC	387
SUP TOT	3,025
SWINE	41
SWINE KS	51
TOT DWLG OCC	396
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	502
WID FEM	33
WID MALE	9
WID TOT	42
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON117005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON144021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1931996
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland,_Ontario
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_(Ontario)

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). "Midland, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/midland-village-on117005-1891/.