Torbolton, Ontario (1891 census)

Torbolton was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,023. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.463°N, 76.080°W.

Population

In 1891, Torbolton had a population of 1,023: 540 male and 483 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Torbolton shared boundaries with:

• Fitzroy
• March

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 1,023 total population, 540 males, 483 females, 265 married persons, 168 families, 133 married males, 132 married females, 35 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 723 single persons under 18, 400 single males under 18, 323 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,008 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 167 houses, 167 occupied houses, 151 houses built of wood, 89 houses of 2 stories, 75 houses of 1 story, 68 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 9 houses built of brick, 7 houses built of stone, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 68,398 pounds of homemade butter, 45,778 bushels of oats, 21,674 acres of land in farms, 16,147 bushels of spring wheat, 14,258 acres of improved land in farms, 11,019 bushels of potatoes, 9,441 acres of farmland under crops, 8,470 bushels of turnips, 7,759 bushels of peas, 7,416 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,613 chickens, 5,402 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,739 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,335 bushels of barley, 2,742 acres of oats, 2,483 tons of hay, 2,081 acres of hay crops, 1,877 acres of wheat, 1,491 bushels of rye, 1,155 other cattle, 1,090 sheep, 904 swine slaughtered or sold, 889 bushels of buckwheat, 848 milk cows, 691 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 683 sheep slaughtered or sold, 654 bushels of beans, 648 bushels of corn, 448 horses aged over 3 years, 438 cattle killed or sold, 415 bushels of winter wheat, 389 swine, 282 acres of barley, 234 geese, 201 turkeys, 198 horses aged 3 years and under, 167 occupants of farms, 166 farm occupants who own their land, 154 acres of potatoes, 78 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 67 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 55 ducks, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 acres of turnips, 24 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON055008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON105010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q14875451
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torbolton_Township

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). "Torbolton, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/torbolton-on055008-1891/.