Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Amherstburg, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,279. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q385335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.102°N, 83.102°W.

Population

In 1891, Amherstburg, T-V had a population of 2,279: 1,092 male and 1,187 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, Amherstburg, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Malden

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,279 total population, 1,187 females, 1,092 males, 811 married persons, 508 families, 407 married females, 404 married males, 161 widowed persons, 113 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,307 single persons under 18, 667 single females under 18, 640 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,210 persons who are not French Canadian, 69 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 504 houses, 504 occupied houses, 458 houses built of wood, 261 houses of 1 story, 257 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 240 houses of 2 stories, 100 houses of 5 rooms, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses built of brick, 29 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses built of stone, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,382 bushels of corn, 7,195 pounds of homemade butter, 3,983 bushels of oats, 2,647 chickens, 2,042 bushels of turnips, 1,556 bushels of potatoes, 1,397 bushels of winter wheat, 1,264 acres of improved land in farms, 1,264 acres of land in farms, 971 acres of farmland under crops, 817 bushels of barley, 698 swine slaughtered or sold, 665 swine, 635 cattle killed or sold, 530 sheep slaughtered or sold, 489 bushels of spring wheat, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 360 occupants of farms, 343 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 294 farm occupants who own their land, 185 horses aged over 3 years, 152 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 150 tons of hay, 143 acres of oats, 141 acres of farmland in pasture, 133 acres of wheat, 101 acres of hay crops, 100 bushels of peas, 85 milk cows, 72 geese, 66 farm occupants who rent their land, 42 bushels of beans, 39 ducks, 37 acres of barley, 34 other cattle, 29 turkeys, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON063001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q385335
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherstburg

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). "Amherstburg, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/amherstburg-t-v-on063001-1891/.