Peterborough, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Peterborough, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,674. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q776930. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.298°N, 78.312°W.

Population

In 1891, Peterborough, C had a population of 1,674: 806 male and 868 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, Peterborough, C shared boundaries with:

• Monaghan N
• Otonabee
• Peterborough, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,674 total population, 868 females, 806 males, 548 married persons, 327 families, 274 married females, 274 married males, 79 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,047 single persons under 18, 539 single females under 18, 508 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,659 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 325 houses, 325 occupied houses, 225 houses of 1 story, 217 houses built of wood, 215 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 107 houses built of brick, 95 houses of 2 stories, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 14 houses under construction, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,850 pounds of homemade butter, 6,647 bushels of potatoes, 6,106 bushels of oats, 1,998 bushels of turnips, 1,945 chickens, 1,031 acres of land in farms, 959 acres of improved land in farms, 911 bushels of peas, 904 bushels of spring wheat, 780 bushels of barley, 590 acres of farmland under crops, 525 bushels of winter wheat, 370 tons of hay, 315 swine slaughtered or sold, 285 occupants of farms, 275 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 260 acres of farmland in pasture, 252 acres of oats, 240 acres of hay crops, 176 farm occupants who own their land, 135 swine, 116 milk cows, 109 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 106 farm occupants who rent their land, 104 horses aged over 3 years, 88 acres of wheat, 73 bushels of corn, 72 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 69 other cattle, 62 acres of potatoes, 34 acres of barley, 34 ducks, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 24 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 cattle killed or sold, 10 turkeys, 8 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 sheep, 5 geese, 3 employees on farms, 3 other fowl, 2 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 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 2 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: ON110001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q776930
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_(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). "Peterborough, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/peterborough-c-on110001-1891/.