Trenton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Trenton, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,363. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2739754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.113°N, 77.561°W.

Population

In 1891, Trenton, T-V had a population of 4,363: 2,153 male and 2,210 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, Trenton, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Sydney

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 4,363 total population, 2,210 females, 2,153 males, 1,657 married persons, 934 families, 829 married females, 828 married males, 159 widowed persons, 112 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,547 single persons under 18, 1,278 single males under 18, 1,269 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,877 persons who are not French Canadian, 486 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 890 houses, 890 occupied houses, 685 houses built of wood, 657 houses of 1 story, 513 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 226 houses of 2 stories, 195 houses built of brick, 120 houses of 5 rooms, 88 houses of 4 rooms, 87 uninhabited houses, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 54 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses built of stone, 7 houses of 3 stories, 6 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,792 pounds of homemade butter, 3,509 chickens, 1,983 bushels of potatoes, 859 bushels of peas, 802 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of barley, 550 acres of land in farms, 507 acres of improved land in farms, 489 bushels of turnips, 431 cattle killed or sold, 423 swine slaughtered or sold, 388 horses aged over 3 years, 301 bushels of oats, 301 sheep slaughtered or sold, 274 swine, 226 milk cows, 216 acres of farmland under crops, 177 bushels of buckwheat, 161 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 146 occupants of farms, 140 bushels of rye, 131 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 130 acres of farmland in pasture, 119 farm occupants who own their land, 101 tons of hay, 85 acres of hay crops, 73 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 64 ducks, 51 bushels of spring wheat, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 44 geese, 43 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 37 other cattle, 32 acres of barley, 32 other fowl, 27 acres of potatoes, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 19 sheep, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 acres of oats, 12 bushels of beans, 9 acres of wheat, 4 acres of turnips, 4 oxen, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON075004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON118027 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2739754
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton_(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). "Trenton, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/trenton-t-v-on075004-1891/.