Flamborough W-O, Ontario (1891 census)

Flamborough W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,079. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.323°N, 79.998°W.

Population

In 1891, Flamborough W-O had a population of 3,079: 1,589 male and 1,490 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, Flamborough W-O shared boundaries with:

• Ancaster
• Beverley
• Dundas, Town—Ville
• Flamborough E
• Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5
• Puslinch

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,079 total population, 1,589 males, 1,490 females, 1,075 married persons, 631 families, 538 married females, 537 married males, 116 widowed persons, 74 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,888 single persons under 18, 1,010 single males under 18, 878 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,051 persons who are not French Canadian, 28 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 631 houses, 631 occupied houses, 484 houses built of wood, 390 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 348 houses of 1 story, 282 houses of 2 stories, 88 houses built of brick, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses built of stone, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 44 houses of 3 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 200,196 bushels of turnips, 200,046 pounds of homemade butter, 80,442 bushels of oats, 61,439 bushels of potatoes, 53,317 bushels of barley, 38,404 bushels of winter wheat, 31,521 bushels of peas, 29,789 acres of land in farms, 25,992 acres of improved land in farms, 18,358 acres of farmland under crops, 14,700 bushels of corn, 14,549 chickens, 6,286 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,808 tons of hay, 4,009 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,812 acres of hay crops, 3,797 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,511 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,179 acres of oats, 2,915 bushels of spring wheat, 2,567 bushels of buckwheat, 2,550 swine, 2,359 acres of wheat, 2,241 acres of barley, 1,614 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,594 milk cows, 1,577 other cattle, 1,438 cattle killed or sold, 1,348 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,149 horses aged over 3 years, 1,060 sheep, 859 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 803 bushels of beans, 661 bushels of rye, 643 acres of potatoes, 569 occupants of farms, 427 farm occupants who own their land, 425 geese, 408 acres of turnips, 345 horses aged 3 years and under, 255 ducks, 218 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 208 turkeys, 149 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 142 farm occupants who rent their land, 131 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 21 other fowl, 17 oxen, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON129004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Flamborough W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/flamborough-w-o-on129004-1891/.