Stratford, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Stratford, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 9,500. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q740756. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.370°N, 80.982°W.

Population

In 1891, Stratford, C had a population of 9,500: 4,653 male and 4,847 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 contained Stratford, C, 1881 (93.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Stratford, C shared boundaries with:

• Downie
• Easthope N
• Easthope S
• Ellice

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 9,500 total population, 4,847 females, 4,653 males, 2,977 married persons, 1,800 families, 1,489 married females, 1,488 married males, 438 widowed persons, 324 widowed females, 114 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 6,085 single persons under 18, 3,051 single males under 18, 3,034 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 9,471 persons who are not French Canadian, 29 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,786 houses, 1,786 occupied houses, 1,270 houses of 1 story, 1,219 houses built of wood, 1,144 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 564 houses built of brick, 467 houses of 2 stories, 231 houses of 5 rooms, 193 houses of 4 rooms, 104 uninhabited houses, 101 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 3 stories, 28 houses of over 15 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,099 bushels of potatoes, 10,820 pounds of homemade butter, 9,025 bushels of turnips, 6,380 chickens, 6,197 bushels of oats, 2,892 acres of land in farms, 2,789 acres of improved land in farms, 1,887 acres of farmland under crops, 1,810 bushels of barley, 1,305 bushels of winter wheat, 1,036 occupants of farms, 1,013 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 859 tons of hay, 846 bushels of peas, 674 farm occupants who own their land, 489 acres of hay crops, 485 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 477 horses aged over 3 years, 435 bushels of corn, 417 acres of farmland in pasture, 360 farm occupants who rent their land, 326 milk cows, 303 cattle killed or sold, 240 bushels of spring wheat, 204 swine, 192 acres of oats, 154 other cattle, 150 sheep slaughtered or sold, 137 acres of potatoes, 136 swine slaughtered or sold, 132 ducks, 103 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 92 acres of barley, 69 acres of wheat, 69 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 bushels of beans, 45 acres of turnips, 31 other fowl, 20 geese, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 turkeys, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON108007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q740756
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_(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). "Stratford, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stratford-c-on108007-1891/.