Tiverton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Tiverton, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Tiverton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.262°N, 81.557°W.

Population

In 1891, Tiverton, Village had a population of 550: 270 male and 280 female residents. Population density was 548.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	545
1891	550
1901	470
1911	342
1921	292

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, Tiverton, Village shared boundaries with:

Kincardine

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 157 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.10
FAM NO	107
Number of families	107
Number of females	280
Number of males	270
Number of married females	81
Number of married males	77
Number of married persons	158
Number of widowed females	15
Number of widowed males	12
Number of widowed persons	27
POP F	280
POP M	270
POP TOT	550
Total population	550

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	184
Number of single males under 18	181
Number of single persons under 18	365

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	550

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	107
Number of houses built of brick	22
Number of houses built of wood	85
Number of houses of 1 story	25
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	10
Number of houses of 2 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 stories	81
Number of houses of 3 rooms	7
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	12
Number of houses of 5 rooms	11
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	62
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	2
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	107
Number of uninhabited houses	4

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	32
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	109
Acres of farmland in pasture	243
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	76
Acres of farmland under crops	549
Acres of hay crops	191
Acres of improved land in farms	900
Acres of land in farms	976
Acres of oats	93
Acres of potatoes	22
Acres of turnips	8
Acres of wheat	36
BAR AC	32
BAR BU	775
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	775
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	7
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	3,273
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	720
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,048
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	227
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,433
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	360
HAY AC	191
HAY TONS	318
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	67
Number of chickens	1,217
Number of ducks	50
Number of farm occupants who own their land	80
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	22
Number of geese	25
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	35
Number of horses aged over 3 years	64
Number of milk cows	96
Number of occupants of farms	102
Number of other cattle	92
Number of other fowl	8
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	91
Number of sheep	80
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	19
Number of swine	114
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	284
Number of turkeys	12
OAT AC	93
OAT BU	3,273
PEA BU	720
POT AC	22
POT BU	2,048
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	161
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	335
Pounds of homemade butter	6,235
Tons of hay produced in the past year	318
WHT AC	36
WHT FALL BU	360
WHT SP BU	227

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	3
A 11 50	5
A 51 100	3
BEN BU	7
BUTTER LB	6,235
CATTLE KS	67
CHEESE LB	161
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	184
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	181
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	365
COARSE WOOL LB	335
COLTS FILLIES	35
DUCKS	50
FAMILIES	107
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.10
FRN CA	0
GEESE	25
HENS AND CHKN	1,217
HORSES OVR THREE	64
HOUSES	107
HOUSES B	22
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	10
HOUSES FIVE RM	11
HOUSES FOUR RM	12
HOUSES ONE STRY	25
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	62
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	2
HOUSES THREE RM	7
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	3
HOUSES TWO STRY	81
HOUSES UNINH	4
HOUSES W	85
INF 11 A	91
MD FEM	81
MD MALE	77
MD TOT	158
MILK COWS	96
NAME CD	Bruce, West—Ouest
OC F	22
OC P	80
OC TOT	102
OTHER FOWL	8
OTHER HRN CATTLE	92
OTHERS	550
SHEEP	80
SHEEP KS	19
SUP AM	900
SUP FOR	76
SUP JV	109
SUP PAT	243
SUP SC	549
SUP TOT	976
SWINE	114
SWINE KS	284
TOT DWLG OCC	107
TUR AC	8
TUR BU	2,433
TURKEY	12
WID FEM	15
WID MALE	12
WID TOT	27
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON053008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104031 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Tiverton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tiverton-village-on053008-1891/.