Prescott, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Prescott, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,919. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2420628. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.713°N, 75.524°W.

Population

In 1891, Prescott, T-V had a population of 2,919: 1,369 male and 1,550 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, Prescott, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Augusta

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,919 total population, 1,550 females, 1,369 males, 954 married persons, 625 families, 478 married males, 476 married females, 192 widowed persons, 154 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,773 single persons under 18, 920 single females under 18, 853 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,881 persons who are not French Canadian, 38 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 625 houses, 625 occupied houses, 430 houses of 1 story, 370 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 310 houses built of wood, 202 houses built of stone, 172 houses of 2 stories, 108 houses built of brick, 91 houses of 5 rooms, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 3 stories, 12 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,300 pounds of homemade butter, 5,087 bushels of potatoes, 3,605 bushels of oats, 3,500 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,508 chickens, 1,675 acres of land in farms, 1,394 acres of improved land in farms, 1,213 tons of hay, 929 cattle killed or sold, 852 acres of farmland under crops, 669 acres of hay crops, 499 acres of farmland in pasture, 310 swine slaughtered or sold, 281 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 251 horses aged over 3 years, 240 bushels of winter wheat, 176 milk cows, 154 acres of oats, 135 bushels of turnips, 110 bushels of barley, 88 swine, 84 occupants of farms, 75 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 65 farm occupants who rent their land, 61 ducks, 55 bushels of corn, 54 geese, 49 other cattle, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 43 turkeys, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 41 acres of potatoes, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 18 farm occupants who own their land, 15 acres of wheat, 10 bushels of spring wheat, 5 acres of barley, 4 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON066004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON113006_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2420628
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_(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). "Prescott, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/prescott-t-v-on066004-1891/.