Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Sarnia, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,692. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q34106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.979°N, 82.394°W.

Population

In 1891, Sarnia, Town—Ville had a population of 6,692: 3,262 male and 3,430 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, Sarnia, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Sarnia

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 6,692 total population, 3,430 females, 3,262 males, 2,358 married persons, 1,368 families, 1,179 married females, 1,179 married males, 301 widowed persons, 239 widowed females, 62 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,033 single persons under 18, 2,021 single males under 18, 2,012 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,625 persons who are not French Canadian, 67 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,340 occupied houses, 1,338 houses, 1,190 houses built of wood, 907 houses of 1 story, 709 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 425 houses of 2 stories, 229 houses of 4 rooms, 215 houses of 5 rooms, 147 houses built of brick, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 24 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of over 15 rooms, 16 houses under construction, 6 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,496 acres of land in farms, 4,130 bushels of oats, 3,708 acres of improved land in farms, 3,322 chickens, 2,562 bushels of potatoes, 2,375 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,895 pounds of homemade butter, 1,788 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,161 acres of farmland under crops, 1,020 bushels of winter wheat, 850 bushels of barley, 820 bushels of corn, 765 bushels of turnips, 495 tons of hay, 458 horses aged over 3 years, 271 swine, 270 acres of hay crops, 210 bushels of rye, 201 milk cows, 184 acres of oats, 176 other cattle, 170 bushels of spring wheat, 155 bushels of peas, 154 cattle killed or sold, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 139, 130 occupants of farms, 117 farm occupants who own their land, 112 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 86 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 acres of wheat, 51 other fowl, 50 horses aged 3 years and under, 33 acres of barley, 28 ducks, 28 sheep, 27 turkeys, 23 acres of potatoes, 20 swine slaughtered or sold, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 geese, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans, 1 oxen. (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: ON082006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON079006_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q34106
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia_(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). "Sarnia, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sarnia-town-ville-on082006-1891/.