Orford, Ontario (1891 census)

Orford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,479. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.513°N, 81.805°W.

Population

In 1891, Orford had a population of 3,479: 1,799 male and 1,680 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, Orford shared boundaries with:

• Aldborough
• Howard
• Zone

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,479 total population, 1,799 males, 1,680 females, 1,179 married persons, 713 families, 590 married females, 589 married males, 168 widowed persons, 102 widowed females, 66 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,132 single persons under 18, 1,144 single males under 18, 988 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,464 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 705 houses, 705 occupied houses, 620 houses built of wood, 532 houses of 1 story, 362 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 173 houses of 2 stories, 77 houses built of brick, 76 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 74 houses of 5 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 29 houses of 1 room, 18 uninhabited houses, 8 houses built of stone, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 127,221 pounds of homemade butter, 126,876 bushels of corn, 105,953 bushels of winter wheat, 76,970 bushels of oats, 61,170 bushels of beans, 51,678 acres of land in farms, 36,675 acres of improved land in farms, 31,378 bushels of potatoes, 28,443 acres of farmland under crops, 26,974 bushels of turnips, 21,017 chickens, 15,141 bushels of peas, 15,003 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,885 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,483 tons of hay, 7,184 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,834 acres of wheat, 5,773 acres of hay crops, 4,715 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,647 swine, 3,598 other cattle, 3,171 acres of oats, 3,017 sheep, 2,709 bushels of barley, 2,133 milk cows, 1,739 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,655 cattle killed or sold, 1,522 bushels of buckwheat, 1,510 horses aged over 3 years, 1,196 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,127 bushels of spring wheat, 1,048 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 817 geese, 772 bushels of rye, 741 turkeys, 691 horses aged 3 years and under, 621 occupants of farms, 551 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 530 farm occupants who own their land, 495 ducks, 306 acres of potatoes, 231 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 191 other fowl, 186 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 167 acres of barley, 161 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 132 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 119 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 91 farm occupants who rent their land, 81 acres of turnips, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON061005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON121006 — 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). "Orford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/orford-on061005-1891/.