Hillier, Ontario (1891 census)

Hillier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5763267. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.983°N, 77.430°W.

Population

In 1891, Hillier had a population of 1,890: 942 male and 948 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, Hillier shared boundaries with:

• Ameliasburgh
• Hallowell
• Sophiasburg
• Wellington, Village

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,890 total population, 948 females, 942 males, 835 married persons, 454 families, 419 married females, 416 married males, 94 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 961 single persons under 18, 502 single males under 18, 459 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,886 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 450 occupied houses, 448 houses, 391 houses built of wood, 384 houses of 1 story, 247 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 62 houses of 2 stories, 42 houses built of brick, 37 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 15 houses built of stone, 7 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 85,557 bushels of barley, 78,369 pounds of homemade butter, 69,392 bushels of peas, 33,792 bushels of oats, 32,126 acres of land in farms, 30,348 bushels of corn, 28,005 acres of improved land in farms, 24,252 bushels of buckwheat, 24,177 acres of farmland under crops, 16,670 chickens, 15,448 bushels of potatoes, 8,958 bushels of spring wheat, 6,945 bushels of turnips, 6,648 bushels of winter wheat, 5,399 acres of barley, 4,121 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,497 tons of hay, 3,466 bushels of rye, 3,241 acres of hay crops, 2,959 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,763 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,791 acres of oats, 1,546 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,236 milk cows, 1,205 acres of wheat, 1,174 horses aged over 3 years, 1,080 swine, 1,074 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,019 ducks, 959 sheep, 869 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 867 other cattle, 833 swine slaughtered or sold, 715 turkeys, 711 geese, 480 horses aged 3 years and under, 459 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 390 occupants of farms, 374 sheep slaughtered or sold, 304 farm occupants who own their land, 229 cattle killed or sold, 200 acres of potatoes, 133 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 bushels of beans, 115 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 97 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 78 farm occupants who rent their land, 34 other fowl, 23 acres of turnips, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 employees on farms, 4 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 2. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON113004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON140004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5763267
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillier,_Ontario

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). "Hillier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hillier-on113004-1891/.