Etobicoke, Ontario (1891 census)

Etobicoke was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,557. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1020159. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.672°N, 79.555°W.

Population

In 1891, Etobicoke had a population of 4,557: 2,487 male and 2,070 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, Etobicoke shared boundaries with:

• Toronto
• Toronto Gore
• Vaughan
• Weston, Village
• York W-O

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 4,557 total population, 2,487 males, 2,070 females, 1,333 married persons, 728 families, 674 married females, 659 married males, 143 widowed persons, 89 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,081 single persons under 18, 1,774 single males under 18, 1,307 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,554 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 718 houses, 718 occupied houses, 521 houses built of wood, 484 houses of 2 stories, 378 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 207 houses of 1 story, 177 houses built of brick, 116 houses of 5 rooms, 79 houses of 4 rooms, 61 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 61 houses under construction, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 24 houses of 3 stories, 20 houses built of stone, 20 houses of over 15 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 93,889 pounds of homemade butter, 91,881 bushels of oats, 70,872 bushels of barley, 51,307 bushels of potatoes, 40,452 bushels of turnips, 26,288 acres of land in farms, 25,015 acres of improved land in farms, 22,753 bushels of winter wheat, 20,694 bushels of peas, 20,384 acres of farmland under crops, 15,100 chickens, 14,174 bushels of spring wheat, 6,717 tons of hay, 4,473 acres of hay crops, 3,948 acres of oats, 3,698 acres of barley, 3,215 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,105 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,325 acres of wheat, 2,278 swine, 1,560 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,513 cattle killed or sold, 1,481 milk cows, 1,416 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,357 horses aged over 3 years, 1,273 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 946 acres of potatoes, 776 other cattle, 720 bushels of corn, 716 sheep slaughtered or sold, Capacity of silos (tons): 680, 528 ducks, 508 geese, 493 sheep, 459 occupants of farms, 434 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 395 turkeys, 386 horses aged 3 years and under, 279 farm occupants who own their land, 180 farm occupants who rent their land, 180 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 176 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 152 acres of turnips, 120 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 58 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 50 bushels of rye, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 20 bushels of beans, 17 other fowl, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 oxen. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON133001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON136001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1020159
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etobicoke

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). "Etobicoke, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/etobicoke-on133001-1891/.