Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Hawkesbury, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,042. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2573770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.603°N, 74.599°W.
Population
In 1891, Hawkesbury, Village had a population of 2,042: 1,065 male and 977 female residents. Population density was 2035.9 people per square mile.
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, Hawkesbury, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 355 |
| Number of families | 355 |
| Number of females | 977 |
| Number of males | 1,065 |
| Number of married females | 310 |
| Number of married males | 306 |
| Number of married persons | 616 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 61 |
| POP F | 977 |
| POP M | 1,065 |
| POP TOT | 2,042 |
| Total population | 2,042 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 627 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 738 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,365 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,310 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 732 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 351 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 35 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 307 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 1 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 345 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 59 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 184 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 351 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 23 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 48 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,607 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,925 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,569 |
| Acres of hay crops | 719 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,224 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,149 |
| Acres of oats | 347 |
| Acres of potatoes | 71 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 78 |
| BAR AC | 23 |
| BAR BU | 504 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 504 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 450 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 466 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3,016 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,214 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 558 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,459 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,259 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 748 |
| BWT BU | 466 |
| CRN BU | 3,016 |
| HAY AC | 719 |
| HAY TONS | 1,079 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 73 |
| Number of chickens | 3,566 |
| Number of ducks | 79 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 67 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 10 |
| Number of geese | 62 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 41 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 324 |
| Number of milk cows | 367 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 77 |
| Number of other cattle | 151 |
| Number of other fowl | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 37 |
| Number of sheep | 173 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 67 |
| Number of swine | 199 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 165 |
| Number of turkeys | 136 |
| OAT AC | 347 |
| OAT BU | 7,214 |
| PEA BU | 558 |
| POT AC | 71 |
| POT BU | 11,459 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 644 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 41,955 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,079 |
| WHT AC | 78 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,259 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 15 |
| A 11 50 | 9 |
| A 201 PL | 7 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 450 |
| BUTTER LB | 41,955 |
| CATTLE KS | 73 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 627 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 738 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,365 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 644 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 41 |
| DUCKS | 79 |
| FAMILIES | 355 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FRN CA | 1,310 |
| GEESE | 62 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 3,566 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 324 |
| HOUSES | 351 |
| HOUSES B | 35 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 15 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 32 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 59 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 9 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 184 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 32 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 21 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 345 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 307 |
| INF 11 A | 37 |
| MD FEM | 310 |
| MD MALE | 306 |
| MD TOT | 616 |
| MILK COWS | 367 |
| NAME CD | Prescott |
| OC F | 10 |
| OC P | 67 |
| OC TOT | 77 |
| OTHER FOWL | 16 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 151 |
| OTHERS | 732 |
| SHEEP | 173 |
| SHEEP KS | 67 |
| SUP AM | 3,224 |
| SUP FOR | 2,925 |
| SUP JV | 48 |
| SUP PAT | 1,607 |
| SUP SC | 1,569 |
| SUP TOT | 6,149 |
| SWINE | 199 |
| SWINE KS | 165 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 351 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 748 |
| TURKEY | 136 |
| WID FEM | 40 |
| WID MALE | 21 |
| WID TOT | 61 |
Identifiers
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). "Hawkesbury, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hawkesbury-village-on112005-1891/.