Newcastle, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Newcastle, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 787. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q555690. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.915°N, 78.594°W.

Population

In 1891, Newcastle, VL had a population of 787: 455 male and 332 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).

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 was contained in Newcastle, VL, 1881 (31.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Newcastle, VL shared boundaries with:

• Clarke

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 787 total population, 455 males, 332 females, 308 married persons, 186 families, 154 married females, 154 married males, 53 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 426 single persons under 18, 287 single males under 18, 139 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 786 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 176 houses, 176 occupied houses, 132 houses built of wood, 115 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 95 houses of 1 story, 71 houses of 2 stories, 43 houses built of brick, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,994 bushels of turnips, 11,352 pounds of homemade butter, 9,431 bushels of barley, 8,885 bushels of oats, 3,335 bushels of potatoes, 2,978 acres of land in farms, 2,718 acres of improved land in farms, 2,431 bushels of spring wheat, 2,291 chickens, 2,276 bushels of peas, 2,148 acres of farmland under crops, 1,108 bushels of beans, 641 bushels of buckwheat, 588 tons of hay, 473 acres of barley, 414 acres of hay crops, 402 acres of farmland in pasture, 391 bushels of corn, 272 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 260 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 253 acres of oats, 248 acres of wheat, 230 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 211 swine, 194 occupants of farms, 171 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 168 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 165 horses aged over 3 years, 164 farm occupants who own their land, 145 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 142 milk cows, 135 other cattle, 117 geese, 114 ducks, 95 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 94 sheep, 82 turkeys, 67 acres of turnips, 49 acres of potatoes, 45 swine slaughtered or sold, 42 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 cattle killed or sold, 30 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 sheep slaughtered or sold, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people 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: ON059005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108010_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q555690
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_(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). "Newcastle, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/newcastle-vl-on059005-1891/.