Mitchell, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Mitchell, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,101. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3317076. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.472°N, 81.182°W.

Population

In 1891, Mitchell, T-V had a population of 2,101: 975 male and 1,126 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, Mitchell, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Logan

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,101 total population, 1,126 females, 975 males, 733 married persons, 453 families, 368 married females, 365 married males, 119 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 43 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,249 single persons under 18, 682 single females under 18, 567 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,101 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 450 houses, 450 occupied houses, 395 houses of 1 story, 355 houses built of wood, 277 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 95 houses built of brick, 73 houses of 5 rooms, 50 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,695 pounds of homemade butter, 7,147 bushels of turnips, 6,796 bushels of oats, 6,457 bushels of potatoes, 3,705 acres of land in farms, 3,454 chickens, 2,966 acres of improved land in farms, 1,975 acres of farmland under crops, 1,475 bushels of peas, 1,034 swine slaughtered or sold, 809 bushels of barley, 799 tons of hay, 763 acres of farmland in pasture, 739 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 595 bushels of spring wheat, 565 bushels of winter wheat, 529 bushels of buckwheat, 485 acres of hay crops, 418 occupants of farms, 387 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 358 sheep slaughtered or sold, 349 cattle killed or sold, 318 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 287 farm occupants who own their land, 262 acres of oats, 234 horses aged over 3 years, 228 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 219 swine, 165 other cattle, 147 milk cows, 131 farm occupants who rent their land, 112 sheep, 83 bushels of corn, 80 acres of wheat, 66 acres of potatoes, 64 ducks, 62 horses aged 3 years and under, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 32 acres of barley, 32 bushels of rye, 29 acres of turnips, 28 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 18 geese, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 other fowl, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms over 200 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON109005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3317076
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_(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). "Mitchell, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mitchell-t-v-on109005-1891/.