Southampton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Southampton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,437. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7569089. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.491°N, 81.370°W.

Population

In 1891, Southampton, T-V had a population of 1,437: 695 male and 742 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Southampton, T-V, 1881 (19.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Southampton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Saugeen

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,437 total population, 742 females, 695 males, 459 married persons, 278 families, 230 married males, 229 married females, 56 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 922 single persons under 18, 471 single females under 18, 451 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,374 persons who are not French Canadian, 63 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 268 occupied houses, 260 houses, 216 houses built of wood, 149 houses of 1 story, 129 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 105 houses of 2 stories, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 43 houses built of brick, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,574 pounds of homemade butter, 5,177 bushels of potatoes, 3,998 bushels of oats, 3,328 bushels of turnips, 1,976 acres of land in farms, 1,757 acres of improved land in farms, 1,628 chickens, 1,439 acres of farmland under crops, 1,242 bushels of peas, 713 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 589 tons of hay, 522 acres of hay crops, 272 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 219 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 209 acres of oats, 209 milk cows, 207 farm occupants who own their land, 207 occupants of farms, 203 sheep, 164 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 159 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 159 acres of farmland in pasture, 158 bushels of rye, 152 horses aged over 3 years, 140 bushels of buckwheat, 133 other cattle, 121 bushels of barley, 118 swine, 98 geese, 75 bushels of winter wheat, 72 ducks, 67 acres of potatoes, 47 bushels of spring wheat, 37 other fowl, 34 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 acres of turnips, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 turkeys, 10 acres of barley, 10 acres of wheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 10, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON052011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7569089
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_(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). "Southampton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/southampton-t-v-on052011-1891/.