Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,835. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.244°N, 79.590°W.

Population

In 1891, Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell had a population of 1,835: 1,013 male and 822 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Watt, Cardwell, 1881 (66.2% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Watt, 1901 (32.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Humphrey, 1901 (33.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Cardwell, 1901 (34.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell shared boundaries with:

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 1,835 total population, 1,013 males, 822 females, 569 married persons, 334 families, 287 married males, 282 married females, 51 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,215 single persons under 18, 703 single males under 18, 512 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,831 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 334 houses, 334 occupied houses, 333 houses built of wood, 276 houses of 2 stories, 68 houses of 4 rooms, 65 houses of 3 rooms, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 5 rooms, 49 houses of 1 story, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 stories, 8 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 68,272 acres of land in farms, 67,138 pounds of homemade butter, 57,583 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 35,634 bushels of oats, 20,809 bushels of potatoes, 12,722 bushels of turnips, 10,689 acres of improved land in farms, 8,947 acres of farmland under crops, 7,938 bushels of peas, 7,150 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,442 chickens, 4,217 tons of hay, 3,937 acres of hay crops, 1,963 acres of oats, 1,619 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,556 bushels of barley, 1,497 sheep, 1,363 bushels of spring wheat, 1,317 other cattle, 917 milk cows, 832 sheep slaughtered or sold, 564 swine slaughtered or sold, 435 cattle killed or sold, 415 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 395 bushels of buckwheat, 369 occupants of farms, 362 swine, 347 farm occupants who own their land, 329 horses aged over 3 years, 197 acres of potatoes, 178 acres of wheat, 176 bushels of corn, 167 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 149 oxen, 143 geese, 126 horses aged 3 years and under, 123 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 111 turkeys, 109 acres of barley, 89 bushels of rye, 88 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 80 acres of turnips, 75 ducks, 56 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 36 other fowl, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 bushels of beans, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON095013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON095013 — 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). "Humphrey, Watt & Cardwell, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/humphrey-watt-cardwell-on095013-1891/.