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 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:

• Hawkesbury W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,042 total population, 1,065 males, 977 females, 616 married persons, 355 families, 310 married females, 306 married males, 61 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,365 single persons under 18, 738 single males under 18, 627 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,310 French Canadians, 732 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 351 houses, 351 occupied houses, 345 houses of 2 stories, 307 houses built of wood, 184 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 59 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses built of brick, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 32 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 story, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 41,955 pounds of homemade butter, 11,459 bushels of potatoes, 7,214 bushels of oats, 6,149 acres of land in farms, 3,566 chickens, 3,224 acres of improved land in farms, 3,016 bushels of corn, 2,925 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,607 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,569 acres of farmland under crops, 1,259 bushels of spring wheat, 1,079 tons of hay, 748 bushels of turnips, 719 acres of hay crops, 644 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 558 bushels of peas, 504 bushels of barley, 466 bushels of buckwheat, 450 bushels of beans, 367 milk cows, 347 acres of oats, 324 horses aged over 3 years, 199 swine, 173 sheep, 165 swine slaughtered or sold, 151 other cattle, 136 turkeys, 79 ducks, 78 acres of wheat, 77 occupants of farms, 73 cattle killed or sold, 71 acres of potatoes, 67 farm occupants who own their land, 67 sheep slaughtered or sold, 62 geese, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 acres of barley, 16 other fowl, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON112005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON139008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2573770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkesbury

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/.