Perth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Perth, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Perth, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,136. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.899°N, 76.253°W.

Population

In 1891, Perth, Town—Ville had a population of 3,136: 1,444 male and 1,692 female residents. Population density was 2653.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,916
1861	2,465
1871	2,375
1881	2,467
1891	3,136
1901	3,588
1911	3,588
1921	3,790

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, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	660
Number of families	660
Number of females	1,692
Number of males	1,444
Number of married females	489
Number of married males	486
Number of married persons	975
Number of widowed females	143
Number of widowed males	35
Number of widowed persons	178
POP F	1,692
POP M	1,444
POP TOT	3,136
Total population	3,136

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,060
Number of single males under 18	923
Number of single persons under 18	1,983

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	40
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	3,096

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	657
Number of houses built of brick	107
Number of houses built of stone	99
Number of houses built of wood	451
Number of houses of 1 story	367
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	33
Number of houses of 2 rooms	18
Number of houses of 2 stories	270
Number of houses of 3 rooms	26
Number of houses of 3 stories	20
Number of houses of 4 rooms	93
Number of houses of 5 rooms	90
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	389
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	8
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	657
Number of uninhabited houses	52

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	5
Acres of farmland in pasture	127
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	530
Acres of farmland under crops	162
Acres of hay crops	174
Acres of improved land in farms	363
Acres of land in farms	893
Acres of oats	44
Acres of potatoes	27
Acres of turnips	9
Acres of wheat	17
BAR AC	5
BAR BU	100
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	100
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	100
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	75
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,060
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	160
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,629
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	16
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,997
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	125
BWT BU	100
CRN BU	75
HAY AC	174
HAY TONS	193
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	31
Number of chickens	1,401
Number of ducks	69
Number of farm occupants who own their land	113
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	23
Number of geese	11
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	6
Number of horses aged over 3 years	186
Number of milk cows	193
Number of occupants of farms	136
Number of other cattle	58
Number of other fowl	28
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	125
Number of sheep	6
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	1
Number of swine	68
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	64
Number of turkeys	8
OAT AC	44
OAT BU	1,060
PEA BU	160
POT AC	27
POT BU	2,629
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	30
Pounds of homemade butter	9,774
Tons of hay produced in the past year	193
WHT AC	17
WHT FALL BU	125
WHT SP BU	16

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	2
A 11 50	7
A 51 100	2
BUTTER LB	9,774
CATTLE KS	31
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,060
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	923
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,983
COARSE WOOL LB	30
COLTS FILLIES	6
DUCKS	69
FAMILIES	660
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	40
GEESE	11
HENS AND CHKN	1,401
HORSES OVR THREE	186
HOUSES	657
HOUSES B	107
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	33
HOUSES FIVE RM	90
HOUSES FOUR RM	93
HOUSES ONE STRY	367
HOUSES S	99
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	389
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	8
HOUSES THREE RM	26
HOUSES THREE STRY	20
HOUSES TWO RM	18
HOUSES TWO STRY	270
HOUSES UNINH	52
HOUSES W	451
INF 11 A	125
MD FEM	489
MD MALE	486
MD TOT	975
MILK COWS	193
NAME CD	Lanark, South—Sud
OC F	23
OC P	113
OC TOT	136
OTHER FOWL	28
OTHER HRN CATTLE	58
OTHERS	3,096
SHEEP	6
SHEEP KS	1
SUP AM	363
SUP FOR	530
SUP PAT	127
SUP SC	162
SUP TOT	893
SWINE	68
SWINE KS	64
TOT DWLG OCC	657
TUR AC	9
TUR BU	1,997
TURKEY	8
WID FEM	143
WID MALE	35
WID TOT	178

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON084008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON123017 — 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). "Perth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/perth-town-ville-on084008-1891/.