Saltfleet, Ontario (1891 census)

Saltfleet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,765. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7406103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.203°N, 79.725°W.

Population

In 1891, Saltfleet had a population of 2,765: 1,439 male and 1,326 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, Saltfleet shared boundaries with:

• Barton
• Binbrook
• Glanford
• Grimsby N
• Grimsby S

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 2,765 total population, 1,439 males, 1,326 females, 1,005 married persons, 587 families, 503 married males, 502 married females, 118 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,642 single persons under 18, 885 single males under 18, 757 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,764 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 584 houses, 584 occupied houses, 512 houses built of wood, 472 houses of 1 story, 319 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 112 houses of 2 stories, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 57 uninhabited houses, 54 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 51 houses built of brick, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses built of stone, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses under construction, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 111,086 pounds of homemade butter, 73,028 bushels of oats, 35,176 bushels of winter wheat, 28,910 bushels of turnips, 27,796 acres of land in farms, 24,954 acres of improved land in farms, 17,658 bushels of peas, 17,647 acres of farmland under crops, 17,106 bushels of corn, 16,394 bushels of spring wheat, 16,044 bushels of potatoes, 13,177 chickens, 10,693 bushels of barley, 8,402 tons of hay, 5,533 acres of hay crops, 5,086 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,269 acres of wheat, 3,149 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,087 acres of oats, 2,842 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,221 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,986 bushels of rye, 1,695 swine, 1,561 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,451 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,335 milk cows, 1,236 horses aged over 3 years, 938 sheep, 763 other cattle, 681 sheep slaughtered or sold, 606 ducks, 511 acres of barley, 505 occupants of farms, 436 horses aged 3 years and under, 408 cattle killed or sold, 402 farm occupants who own their land, 324 turkeys, 271 geese, 216 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 188 acres of potatoes, 177 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 137 bushels of buckwheat, 128 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 126 bushels of beans, 124 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 98 farm occupants who rent their land, 78 acres of turnips, 64 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 other fowl, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 employees on farms, 5 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON130008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7406103
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltfleet_Township

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). "Saltfleet, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/saltfleet-on130008-1891/.