Perth, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Perth, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,136. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2428683. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.899°N, 76.253°W.

Population

In 1891, Perth, T-V had a population of 3,136: 1,444 male and 1,692 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, Perth, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Drummond
• Elmsley N

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,136 total population, 1,692 females, 1,444 males, 975 married persons, 660 families, 489 married females, 486 married males, 178 widowed persons, 143 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,983 single persons under 18, 1,060 single females under 18, 923 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,096 persons who are not French Canadian, 40 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 657 houses, 657 occupied houses, 451 houses built of wood, 389 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 367 houses of 1 story, 270 houses of 2 stories, 107 houses built of brick, 99 houses built of stone, 93 houses of 4 rooms, 90 houses of 5 rooms, 52 uninhabited houses, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 3 stories, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,774 pounds of homemade butter, 2,629 bushels of potatoes, 1,997 bushels of turnips, 1,401 chickens, 1,060 bushels of oats, 893 acres of land in farms, 530 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 363 acres of improved land in farms, 193 milk cows, 193 tons of hay, 186 horses aged over 3 years, 174 acres of hay crops, 162 acres of farmland under crops, 160 bushels of peas, 136 occupants of farms, 127 acres of farmland in pasture, 125 bushels of winter wheat, 125 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 113 farm occupants who own their land, 100 bushels of barley, 100 bushels of buckwheat, 75 bushels of corn, 69 ducks, 68 swine, 64 swine slaughtered or sold, 58 other cattle, 44 acres of oats, 31 cattle killed or sold, 30 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 28 other fowl, 27 acres of potatoes, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 acres of wheat, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 11 geese, 9 acres of turnips, 8 turkeys, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 sheep, 5 acres of barley, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people 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: ON084008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123017_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2428683
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_(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). "Perth, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/perth-t-v-on084008-1891/.