Yarmouth, Ontario (1891 census)
Yarmouth was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,471. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.758°N, 81.124°W.
Population
In 1891, Yarmouth had a population of 5,471: 2,868 male and 2,603 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,288 |
| 1861 | 6,166 |
| 1871 | 5,563 |
| 1881 | 5,575 |
| 1891 | 5,471 |
| 1901 | 5,089 |
| 1911 | 5,217 |
| 1921 | 5,212 |
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, Yarmouth shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,471 total population, 2,868 males, 2,603 females, 1,994 married persons, 1,168 families, 998 married females, 996 married males, 256 widowed persons, 163 widowed females, 93 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,221 single persons under 18, 1,779 single males under 18, 1,442 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,469 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,150 occupied houses, 1,143 houses, 921 houses built of wood, 846 houses of 1 story, 686 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 295 houses of 2 stories, 219 houses built of brick, 139 houses of 5 rooms, 124 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 101 houses of 4 rooms, 43 uninhabited houses, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of over 15 rooms, 18 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 269,479 pounds of homemade butter, 177,647 bushels of oats, 153,109 bushels of winter wheat, 132,657 bushels of corn, 74,739 bushels of turnips, 72,533 acres of land in farms, 68,307 bushels of potatoes, 60,764 acres of improved land in farms, 50,121 bushels of peas, 47,557 acres of farmland under crops, 34,559 chickens, 19,613 bushels of barley, 17,695 tons of hay, 17,649 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,769 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,687 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,329 acres of hay crops, 9,789 swine slaughtered or sold, 8,163 swine, 7,734 acres of wheat, 6,095 acres of oats, 4,924 other cattle, 4,736 sheep, 4,128 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,748 cattle killed or sold, 3,362 milk cows, 2,933 bushels of spring wheat, 2,520 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2,474 bushels of buckwheat, 2,393 horses aged over 3 years, 2,059 turkeys, 1,999 bushels of rye, 1,187 geese, 1,069 occupants of farms, 1,039 ducks, 982 horses aged 3 years and under, 857 acres of barley, 852 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 824 farm occupants who own their land, 799 bushels of beans, 726 acres of potatoes, 615 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 367 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 295 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 257 other fowl, 229 acres of turnips, 225 farm occupants who rent their land, 194 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 174 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 oxen, 20 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 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Wilson Hilborn | 1849–1921 | born here |
| George John Blewett | 1873–1912 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON060007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON109007_1881_1921— 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). "Yarmouth, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/yarmouth-on060007-1891/.