Dunwich, Ontario (1891 census)

Dunwich was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,663. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261343. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.669°N, 81.493°W.

Population

In 1891, Dunwich had a population of 3,663: 1,915 male and 1,748 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, Dunwich shared boundaries with:

• Aldborough
• Dutton, VL
• Ekfrid
• Mosa
• Southwold

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,663 total population, 1,915 males, 1,748 females, 1,159 married persons, 757 families, 581 married females, 578 married males, 170 widowed persons, 113 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,334 single persons under 18, 1,280 single males under 18, 1,054 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,663 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 744 occupied houses, 742 houses, 671 houses built of wood, 559 houses of 1 story, 417 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 182 houses of 2 stories, 87 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 5 rooms, 65 houses built of brick, 65 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 43 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 171,561 pounds of homemade butter, 113,371 bushels of oats, 110,650 bushels of winter wheat, 75,565 bushels of corn, 66,038 acres of land in farms, 45,875 acres of improved land in farms, 32,054 acres of farmland under crops, 25,803 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 25,265 bushels of turnips, 24,802 chickens, 24,346 bushels of potatoes, 23,049 bushels of peas, 20,163 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,342 bushels of barley, 13,470 tons of hay, 12,739 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,052 acres of hay crops, 6,519 acres of wheat, 5,928 bushels of beans, 5,647 other cattle, 5,487 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,475 swine, 5,418 acres of oats, 5,326 sheep, 3,247 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,057 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,570 milk cows, 2,367 cattle killed or sold, 2,334 bushels of buckwheat, 1,700 horses aged over 3 years, 1,238 turkeys, 1,082 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,062 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 985 horses aged 3 years and under, 915 acres of barley, 795 geese, 742 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 718 bushels of spring wheat, 695 bushels of rye, 681 occupants of farms, 566 farm occupants who own their land, 532 ducks, 313 acres of potatoes, 260 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 146 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 130 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 113 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 76 acres of turnips, 48 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 other fowl, 12 oxen, 2 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 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: ON061002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON109004_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261343

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). "Dunwich, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunwich-on061002-1891/.