Nissouri W-O, Ontario (1891 census)

Nissouri W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,271. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.122°N, 81.140°W.

Population

In 1891, Nissouri W-O had a population of 3,271: 1,719 male and 1,552 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, Nissouri W-O shared boundaries with:

• Biddulph
• Blanchard
• Dorchester N
• London
• Nissouri E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,271 total population, 1,719 males, 1,552 females, 1,058 married persons, 635 families, 529 married females, 529 married males, 135 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,078 single persons under 18, 1,131 single males under 18, 947 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,268 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 622 houses, 622 occupied houses, 474 houses built of wood, 460 houses of 1 story, 352 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 161 houses of 2 stories, 133 houses built of brick, 95 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 214,915 bushels of oats, 125,432 pounds of homemade butter, 87,110 bushels of turnips, 75,175 bushels of winter wheat, 50,073 acres of land in farms, 42,328 acres of improved land in farms, 37,931 bushels of potatoes, 33,489 bushels of corn, 30,722 bushels of peas, 28,225 acres of farmland under crops, 24,008 bushels of barley, 23,309 chickens, 13,289 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,080 tons of hay, 10,023 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,030 acres of oats, 7,745 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,063 acres of hay crops, 5,569 bushels of spring wheat, 4,136 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,930 other cattle, 3,927 acres of wheat, 3,055 milk cows, 2,915 swine, 2,682 turkeys, 2,296 sheep, 2,127 cattle killed or sold, 1,555 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,441 horses aged over 3 years, 1,435 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,387 geese, 1,029 acres of barley, 874 ducks, 814 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 811 horses aged 3 years and under, 666 bushels of buckwheat, 606 occupants of farms, 473 farm occupants who own their land, 383 acres of potatoes, 258 acres of turnips, 245 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 239 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 190 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 186 bushels of beans, 132 bushels of rye, 131 farm occupants who rent their land, 127 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 117 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 99 other fowl, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON090006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON090006_1871_1891 — 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). "Nissouri W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/nissouri-w-o-on090006-1891/.