Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Chippawa, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 523. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q602402. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.054°N, 79.044°W.
Population
In 1891, Chippawa, Village had a population of 523: 257 male and 266 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,095 |
| 1871 | 922 |
| 1881 | 664 |
| 1891 | 523 |
| 1901 | 460 |
| 1911 | 707 |
| 1921 | 1,137 |
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, Chippawa, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 523 total population, 266 females, 257 males, 169 married persons, 118 families, 85 married females, 84 married males, 33 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 321 single persons under 18, 165 single males under 18, 156 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 523 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 116 houses, 116 occupied houses, 94 houses built of wood, 77 houses of 2 stories, 69 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses of 1 story, 22 houses built of brick, 19 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,655 pounds of homemade butter, 2,226 bushels of oats, 1,438 acres of land in farms, 1,086 bushels of potatoes, 1,069 acres of improved land in farms, 661 acres of farmland under crops, 645 chickens, 644 bushels of winter wheat, 451 bushels of barley, 369 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 369 tons of hay, 365 acres of farmland in pasture, 336 bushels of corn, 243 acres of hay crops, 163 bushels of turnips, 138 bushels of peas, 128 acres of oats, 108 swine slaughtered or sold, 93 occupants of farms, 83 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 68 farm occupants who own their land, 67 horses aged over 3 years, 61 acres of wheat, 47 milk cows, 46 bushels of spring wheat, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 swine, 32 acres of barley, 25 bushels of beans, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 ducks, 21 acres of potatoes, 21 cattle killed or sold, 20 other cattle, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 geese, 6 turkeys, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON125002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON151014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q602402
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippawa,_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). "Chippawa, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/chippawa-village-on125002-1891/.