Stafford, Ontario (1891 census)
Stafford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,173. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262894. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.728°N, 77.065°W.
Population
In 1891, Stafford had a population of 1,173: 613 male and 560 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 281 |
| 1861 | 550 |
| 1871 | 798 |
| 1881 | 1,055 |
| 1891 | 1,173 |
| 1901 | 1,174 |
| 1911 | 1,020 |
| 1921 | 1,075 |
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, Stafford shared boundaries with:
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 1,173 total population, 613 males, 560 females, 362 married persons, 187 families, 183 married males, 179 married females, 25 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 786 single persons under 18, 420 single males under 18, 366 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 985 persons who are not French Canadian, 188 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 184 occupied houses, 183 houses, 177 houses of 1 story, 165 houses built of wood, 62 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses built of brick, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 100,031 pounds of homemade butter, 40,742 bushels of oats, 19,245 acres of land in farms, 13,013 bushels of spring wheat, 12,846 acres of improved land in farms, 12,290 bushels of potatoes, 11,347 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,117 bushels of peas, 10,437 acres of farmland under crops, 9,401 chickens, 6,399 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,554 acres of hay crops, 2,511 sheep, 2,447 tons of hay, 2,333 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,269 acres of oats, 2,244 other cattle, 1,970 bushels of rye, 1,743 milk cows, 1,481 bushels of turnips, 1,429 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,358 acres of wheat, 1,058 bushels of barley, 990 swine slaughtered or sold, 904 horses aged over 3 years, 890 swine, 853 cattle killed or sold, 437 bushels of buckwheat, 409 geese, 370 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 308 horses aged 3 years and under, 278 turkeys, 192 occupants of farms, 177 farm occupants who own their land, 163 acres of potatoes, 108 ducks, 97 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 96 bushels of corn, 83 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 70 acres of barley, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 51 bushels of beans, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 acres of turnips, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 7 other fowl, 7 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON142031— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262894
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). "Stafford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stafford-on114010-1891/.