Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Prescott, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Prescott, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,919. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.713°N, 75.524°W.
Population
In 1891, Prescott, Town—Ville had a population of 2,919: 1,369 male and 1,550 female residents. Population density was 2912.8 people per square mile.
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, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.60 |
| FAM NO | 625 |
| Number of families | 625 |
| Number of females | 1,550 |
| Number of males | 1,369 |
| Number of married females | 476 |
| Number of married males | 478 |
| Number of married persons | 954 |
| Number of widowed females | 154 |
| Number of widowed males | 38 |
| Number of widowed persons | 192 |
| POP F | 1,550 |
| POP M | 1,369 |
| POP TOT | 2,919 |
| Total population | 2,919 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 920 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 853 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,773 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 38 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,881 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 625 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 108 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 202 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 310 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 4 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 430 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 33 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 172 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 36 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 18 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 62 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 91 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 370 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 625 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 43 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 499 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 281 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 852 |
| Acres of hay crops | 669 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,394 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,675 |
| Acres of oats | 154 |
| Acres of potatoes | 41 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 15 |
| BAR AC | 5 |
| BAR BU | 110 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,605 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,087 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 135 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 240 |
| BWT BU | 40 |
| CRN BU | 55 |
| HAY AC | 669 |
| HAY TONS | 1,213 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 929 |
| Number of chickens | 2,508 |
| Number of ducks | 61 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 18 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 65 |
| Number of geese | 54 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 42 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 251 |
| Number of milk cows | 176 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 84 |
| Number of other cattle | 49 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 75 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 3,500 |
| Number of swine | 88 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 310 |
| Number of turkeys | 43 |
| OAT AC | 154 |
| OAT BU | 3,605 |
| POT AC | 41 |
| POT BU | 5,087 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 16,300 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,213 |
| WHT AC | 15 |
| WHT FALL BU | 240 |
| WHT SP BU | 10 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 4 |
| BUTTER LB | 16,300 |
| CATTLE KS | 929 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 920 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 853 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,773 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 42 |
| DUCKS | 61 |
| FAMILIES | 625 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.60 |
| FRN CA | 38 |
| GEESE | 54 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,508 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 251 |
| HOUSES | 625 |
| HOUSES B | 108 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 33 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 91 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 62 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 430 |
| HOUSES S | 202 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 370 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 36 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 18 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 18 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 172 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 12 |
| HOUSES W | 310 |
| INF 11 A | 75 |
| MD FEM | 476 |
| MD MALE | 478 |
| MD TOT | 954 |
| MILK COWS | 176 |
| NAME CD | Grenville, South—Sud |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 65 |
| OC P | 18 |
| OC TOT | 84 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 49 |
| OTHERS | 2,881 |
| SHEEP KS | 3,500 |
| SUP AM | 1,394 |
| SUP FOR | 281 |
| SUP JV | 43 |
| SUP PAT | 499 |
| SUP SC | 852 |
| SUP TOT | 1,675 |
| SWINE | 88 |
| SWINE KS | 310 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 625 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 135 |
| TURKEY | 43 |
| WID FEM | 154 |
| WID MALE | 38 |
| WID TOT | 192 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON066004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON113006 — 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). "Prescott, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/prescott-town-ville-on066004-1891/.