Picton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Picton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,287. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7191105. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.006°N, 77.147°W.

Population

In 1891, Picton, T-V had a population of 3,287: 1,522 male and 1,765 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, Picton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Hallowell

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,287 total population, 1,765 females, 1,522 males, 1,255 married persons, 753 families, 630 married females, 625 married males, 248 widowed persons, 194 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,784 single persons under 18, 941 single females under 18, 843 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,277 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 744 houses, 744 occupied houses, 448 houses of 2 stories, 426 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 392 houses built of wood, 311 houses built of brick, 268 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 5 rooms, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 41 houses built of stone, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 3 stories, 24 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,401 bushels of potatoes, 7,252 pounds of homemade butter, 4,910 bushels of oats, 4,530 bushels of barley, 4,005 bushels of peas, 3,616 acres of land in farms, 3,258 acres of improved land in farms, 3,201 chickens, 2,975 bushels of turnips, 2,201 acres of farmland under crops, 2,150 bushels of corn, 1,256 bushels of winter wheat, 1,230 bushels of rye, 891 tons of hay, 795 bushels of buckwheat, 678 bushels of beans, 649 acres of farmland in pasture, 549 acres of hay crops, 541 occupants of farms, 510 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 443 farm occupants who own their land, 428 horses aged over 3 years, 408 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 395 swine slaughtered or sold, 364 cattle killed or sold, 358 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 313 swine, 282 milk cows, 248 acres of barley, 246 sheep slaughtered or sold, 235 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 223 acres of oats, 202 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 160 ducks, 155 bushels of spring wheat, 133 other cattle, 117 horses aged 3 years and under, 112 sheep, 107 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 acres of wheat, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 98 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 acres of potatoes, 30 geese, 21 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 other fowl, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 turkeys, 2 oxen, 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 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: ON113007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7191105
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton,_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). "Picton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/picton-t-v-on113007-1891/.