Trafalgar, Ontario (1891 census)

Trafalgar was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,153. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7832431. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.492°N, 79.766°W.

Population

In 1891, Trafalgar had a population of 4,153: 2,167 male and 1,986 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, Trafalgar shared boundaries with:

• Chinguacousy
• Esquesing
• Milton, T-V
• Nelson
• Oakville, T-V
• Toronto

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,153 total population, 2,167 males, 1,986 females, 1,318 married persons, 783 families, 661 married females, 657 married males, 171 widowed persons, 105 widowed females, 66 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,664 single persons under 18, 1,444 single males under 18, 1,220 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,150 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 774 occupied houses, 770 houses, 561 houses built of wood, 482 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 476 houses of 1 story, 293 houses of 2 stories, 172 houses built of brick, 119 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 61 houses of 5 rooms, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 57 uninhabited houses, 37 houses built of stone, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 221,798 pounds of homemade butter, 173,136 bushels of turnips, 163,180 bushels of oats, 90,885 bushels of barley, 63,933 acres of land in farms, 62,132 bushels of peas, 57,612 bushels of winter wheat, 56,788 acres of improved land in farms, 50,276 bushels of spring wheat, 45,259 acres of farmland under crops, 27,760 chickens, 27,221 bushels of potatoes, 14,846 tons of hay, 10,360 acres of hay crops, 9,842 bushels of corn, 8,949 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,152 acres of wheat, 8,116 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,145 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,858 acres of oats, 5,842 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,757 acres of barley, 4,619 swine, 4,447 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,256 other cattle, 3,185 milk cows, 2,580 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2,389 sheep, 2,366 turkeys, 2,171 geese, 2,156 horses aged over 3 years, 2,020 bushels of rye, 1,575 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,557 cattle killed or sold, 1,315 ducks, 832 horses aged 3 years and under, 770 bushels of buckwheat, 716 occupants of farms, 554 farm occupants who own their land, 465 acres of turnips, 373 acres of potatoes, 290 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 274 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 190 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 173 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 171 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 169 bushels of beans, 161 farm occupants who rent their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 70 other fowl, 70 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 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: ON071009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7832431
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_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). "Trafalgar, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/trafalgar-on071009-1891/.