Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Seaforth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Seaforth, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.549°N, 81.409°W.
Population
In 1891, Seaforth, Town—Ville had a population of 2,641: 1,303 male and 1,338 female residents. Population density was 2632.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1891 | 2,641 |
| 1901 | 2,245 |
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, Seaforth, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 527 |
| Number of families | 527 |
| Number of females | 1,338 |
| Number of males | 1,303 |
| Number of married females | 382 |
| Number of married males | 383 |
| Number of married persons | 765 |
| Number of widowed females | 108 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| Number of widowed persons | 145 |
| POP F | 1,338 |
| POP M | 1,303 |
| POP TOT | 2,641 |
| Total population | 2,641 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 848 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 883 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,731 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,640 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 504 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 67 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 437 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 264 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 44 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 236 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 49 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 52 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 329 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 504 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 28 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,564 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,159 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 512 |
| Acres of hay crops | 405 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,258 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,417 |
| Acres of oats | 91 |
| Acres of potatoes | 76 |
| Acres of turnips | 13 |
| Acres of wheat | 108 |
| BAR AC | 28 |
| BAR BU | 1,100 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,100 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 51 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 323 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,105 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 260 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,513 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,312 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 2,550 |
| BWT BU | 1 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 550 |
| CRN BU | 323 |
| HAY AC | 405 |
| HAY TONS | 718 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 207 |
| Number of chickens | 1,744 |
| Number of ducks | 46 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 223 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 98 |
| Number of geese | 13 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 65 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 264 |
| Number of milk cows | 137 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 321 |
| Number of other cattle | 165 |
| Number of other fowl | 79 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 312 |
| Number of sheep | 57 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 158 |
| Number of swine | 124 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 65 |
| Number of turkeys | 4 |
| OAT AC | 91 |
| OAT BU | 3,105 |
| PEA BU | 260 |
| POT AC | 76 |
| POT BU | 4,513 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 180 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 110 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 7,117 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 718 |
| WHT AC | 108 |
| WHT FALL BU | 2,550 |
| WHT SP BU | 200 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 51 |
| BUTTER LB | 7,117 |
| CATTLE KS | 207 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 848 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 883 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,731 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 180 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 65 |
| DUCKS | 46 |
| FAMILIES | 527 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 110 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 13 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,744 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 264 |
| HOUSES | 504 |
| HOUSES B | 67 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 44 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 52 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 49 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 264 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 329 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 13 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 236 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 13 |
| HOUSES W | 437 |
| INF 11 A | 312 |
| MD FEM | 382 |
| MD MALE | 383 |
| MD TOT | 765 |
| MILK COWS | 137 |
| NAME CD | Huron, South—Sud |
| OC F | 98 |
| OC P | 223 |
| OC TOT | 321 |
| OTHER FOWL | 79 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 165 |
| OTHERS | 2,640 |
| SHEEP | 57 |
| SHEEP KS | 158 |
| SILOS | 550 |
| SUP AM | 2,258 |
| SUP FOR | 1,159 |
| SUP PAT | 1,564 |
| SUP SC | 512 |
| SUP TOT | 3,417 |
| SWINE | 124 |
| SWINE KS | 65 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 504 |
| TUR AC | 13 |
| TUR BU | 4,312 |
| TURKEY | 4 |
| WID FEM | 108 |
| WID MALE | 37 |
| WID TOT | 145 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON077005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON074006 — 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). "Seaforth, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/seaforth-town-ville-on077005-1891/.