Howick, Ontario (1891 census)

Howick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,439. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5921913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.891°N, 81.068°W.

Population

In 1891, Howick had a population of 4,439: 2,262 male and 2,177 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, Howick shared boundaries with:

• Carrick
• Culross
• Grey
• Minto
• Turnberry
• Wallace
• Wroxeter, VL

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 4,439 total population, 2,262 males, 2,177 females, 1,472 married persons, 842 families, 736 married females, 736 married males, 152 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 75 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,815 single persons under 18, 1,451 single males under 18, 1,364 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,437 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 835 occupied houses, 834 houses, 626 houses built of wood, 519 houses of 2 stories, 460 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 311 houses of 1 story, 173 houses built of brick, 122 houses of 5 rooms, 120 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 3 rooms, 58 uninhabited houses, 40 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 34 houses built of stone, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 334,924 bushels of turnips, 266,218 bushels of oats, 201,622 pounds of homemade butter, 89,278 bushels of peas, 68,731 bushels of winter wheat, 67,618 bushels of potatoes, 66,776 acres of land in farms, 49,620 acres of improved land in farms, 44,077 bushels of barley, 36,711 acres of farmland under crops, 25,673 chickens, 22,389 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17,156 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,241 tons of hay, 12,028 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,591 acres of oats, 8,570 acres of hay crops, 7,086 bushels of spring wheat, 6,945 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,653 sheep, 5,629 other cattle, 4,495 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,317 acres of wheat, 4,239 swine, 3,619 milk cows, 3,491 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,128 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,323 cattle killed or sold, 1,849 acres of barley, 1,666 horses aged over 3 years, 1,197 geese, 914 acres of turnips, 881 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 868 horses aged 3 years and under, 702 occupants of farms, 674 ducks, 613 farm occupants who own their land, 580 bushels of corn, 571 turkeys, 513 acres of potatoes, 280 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 164 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 130 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 119 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 95 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 88 farm occupants who rent their land, 85 other fowl, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 80 bushels of rye, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 bushels of beans, 12 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON076004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON119006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5921913
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howick,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordwich_(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). "Howick, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/howick-on076004-1891/.