Leamington, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Leamington, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,910. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2566566. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.053°N, 82.603°W.

Population

In 1891, Leamington, T-V had a population of 1,910: 960 male and 950 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, Leamington, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Mersea

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,910 total population, 960 males, 950 females, 735 married persons, 403 families, 370 married females, 365 married males, 67 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,108 single persons under 18, 564 single males under 18, 544 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,907 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 389 houses, 389 occupied houses, 341 houses built of wood, 227 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 199 houses of 1 story, 188 houses of 2 stories, 59 houses of 5 rooms, 48 houses built of brick, 44 houses of 4 rooms, 32 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 33,283 bushels of corn, 17,232 pounds of homemade butter, 6,557 bushels of potatoes, 4,723 bushels of oats, 4,308 acres of land in farms, 3,947 bushels of winter wheat, 3,554 acres of improved land in farms, 2,882 bushels of turnips, 2,847 chickens, 2,685 acres of farmland under crops, 1,712 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 910 bushels of peas, 754 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 637 bushels of beans, 603 bushels of spring wheat, 551 acres of farmland in pasture, 465 bushels of barley, 453 tons of hay, 442 swine slaughtered or sold, 410 sheep, 370 bushels of buckwheat, 318 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 312 horses aged over 3 years, 292 acres of wheat, 271 acres of hay crops, 259 swine, 194 occupants of farms, 163 acres of oats, 156 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 154 milk cows, 150 farm occupants who own their land, 138 sheep slaughtered or sold, 132 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 other cattle, 66 ducks, 64 acres of potatoes, 56 cattle killed or sold, 44 farm occupants who rent their land, 43 geese, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 turkeys, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 acres of barley, 13 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 other fowl, 7 oxen, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON063008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2566566
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamington,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamington_(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). "Leamington, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/leamington-t-v-on063008-1891/.