Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Bowmanville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,377. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2922719. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.909°N, 78.679°W.

Population

In 1891, Bowmanville, T-V had a population of 3,377: 1,622 male and 1,755 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Bowmanville, T-V, 1881 (14.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bowmanville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Darlington

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,377 total population, 1,755 females, 1,622 males, 1,238 married persons, 743 families, 620 married females, 618 married males, 204 widowed persons, 150 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,935 single persons under 18, 985 single females under 18, 950 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,362 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 741 occupied houses, 739 houses, 485 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 406 houses built of brick, 367 houses of 2 stories, 366 houses of 1 story, 329 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 5 rooms, 79 uninhabited houses, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 26,890 bushels of turnips, 25,785 pounds of homemade butter, 13,224 bushels of oats, 11,930 bushels of barley, 8,145 bushels of potatoes, 5,532 chickens, 3,572 acres of land in farms, 3,508 acres of improved land in farms, 2,758 bushels of peas, 2,337 bushels of spring wheat, 2,220 acres of farmland under crops, 1,470 bushels of corn, 1,069 tons of hay, 935 bushels of buckwheat, 826 acres of farmland in pasture, 689 occupants of farms, 661 acres of hay crops, 647 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 463 swine slaughtered or sold, 462 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 454 acres of oats, 444 acres of barley, 441 other cattle, 427 farm occupants who own their land, 367 horses aged over 3 years, 338 sheep slaughtered or sold, 331 swine, 328 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 325 cattle killed or sold, 263 milk cows, 261 farm occupants who rent their land, 249 acres of wheat, 215 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 150 other fowl, 100 bushels of beans, 84 sheep, 83 acres of potatoes, 82 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 80 ducks, 76 acres of turnips, 70 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 56 turkeys, 35 geese, 22 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON059001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108007_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2922719
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmanville

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). "Bowmanville, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/bowmanville-t-v-on059001-1891/.