Stirling, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Stirling, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 850. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q113893935. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.308°N, 77.540°W.
Population
In 1891, Stirling, Village had a population of 850: 411 male and 439 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 753 |
| 1871 | 779 |
| 1881 | 874 |
| 1891 | 850 |
| 1901 | 845 |
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, Stirling, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 850 total population, 439 females, 411 males, 327 married persons, 195 families, 164 married females, 163 married males, 52 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 471 single persons under 18, 236 single females under 18, 235 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 829 persons who are not French Canadian, 21 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 occupied houses, 194 houses, 149 houses of 2 stories, 120 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 98 houses built of wood, 90 houses built of brick, 42 houses of 1 story, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,525 pounds of homemade butter, 3,710 bushels of potatoes, 2,513 bushels of oats, 1,519 chickens, 1,440 bushels of barley, 1,325 acres of land in farms, 1,224 acres of improved land in farms, 1,090 bushels of peas, 956 bushels of turnips, 866 acres of farmland under crops, 468 bushels of corn, 466 bushels of winter wheat, 365 bushels of rye, 309 tons of hay, 288 acres of farmland in pasture, 244 bushels of spring wheat, 218 swine slaughtered or sold, 194 acres of hay crops, 188 occupants of farms, 175 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 131 farm occupants who own their land, 129 horses aged over 3 years, 121 milk cows, 120 acres of oats, 116 swine, 101 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 85 bushels of buckwheat, 81 acres of barley, 70 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 57 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 acres of wheat, 43 other cattle, 42 acres of potatoes, 23 ducks, 22 cattle killed or sold, 16 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11 bushels of beans, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 acres of turnips, 7 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 geese, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 sheep, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON074015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON071015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q113893935
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). "Stirling, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stirling-village-on074015-1891/.