Stanley, Ontario (1891 census)
Stanley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,470. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262896. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.514°N, 81.612°W.
Population
In 1891, Stanley had a population of 2,470: 1,246 male and 1,224 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,804 |
| 1881 | 2,940 |
| 1891 | 2,470 |
| 1901 | 2,152 |
| 1911 | 1,830 |
| 1921 | 1,762 |
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, Stanley 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 2,470 total population, 1,246 males, 1,224 females, 759 married persons, 466 families, 380 married males, 379 married females, 97 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,614 single persons under 18, 841 single males under 18, 773 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,454 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 456 occupied houses, 455 houses, 387 houses of 1 story, 327 houses built of wood, 259 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 94 houses built of brick, 68 houses of 2 stories, 62 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 46 uninhabited houses, 34 houses built of stone, 34 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 187,505 bushels of oats, 122,384 pounds of homemade butter, 83,926 bushels of turnips, 77,273 bushels of winter wheat, 50,127 bushels of barley, 42,524 acres of land in farms, 35,647 acres of improved land in farms, 29,819 bushels of peas, 25,916 acres of farmland under crops, 21,202 bushels of potatoes, 19,746 chickens, 10,999 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,600 tons of hay, 8,895 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,493 bushels of spring wheat, 6,877 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,147 acres of oats, 6,129 acres of hay crops, 4,298 bushels of corn, 4,122 acres of wheat, 3,757 other cattle, 2,623 sheep, 2,048 acres of barley, 1,888 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,642 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,602 swine, 1,552 cattle killed or sold, 1,475 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,395 milk cows, 1,287 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,183 horses aged over 3 years, 1,148 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 751 horses aged 3 years and under, 586 geese, 451 occupants of farms, 386 farm occupants who own their land, 327 ducks, 312 turkeys, 266 bushels of buckwheat, 257 acres of potatoes, 237 acres of turnips, 175 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 173 bushels of beans, 116 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 102 other fowl, 92 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 farm occupants who rent their land, 42 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 bushels of rye, 2 employees on farms, 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 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Hale | 1817–1896 | died here |
| Mountcastle | 1837–1908 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON077006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115262896
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). "Stanley, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stanley-on077006-1891/.