Norwood, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Norwood, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Norwood, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,010. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q18632575. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.381°N, 77.979°W.

Population

In 1891, Norwood, Village had a population of 1,010: 493 male and 517 female residents. Population density was 1006.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	853
1891	1,010
1901	945
1911	811
1921	765

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, Norwood, Village shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.50
FAM NO	222
Number of families	222
Number of females	517
Number of males	493
Number of married females	184
Number of married males	180
Number of married persons	364
Number of widowed females	34
Number of widowed males	13
Number of widowed persons	47
POP F	517
POP M	493
POP TOT	1,010
Total population	1,010

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	299
Number of single males under 18	300
Number of single persons under 18	599

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	8
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,002

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	222
Number of houses built of brick	94
Number of houses built of stone	4
Number of houses built of wood	124
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	173
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	14
Number of houses of 2 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 stories	47
Number of houses of 3 rooms	19
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	22
Number of houses of 5 rooms	23
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	136
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	3
Number of occupied houses	222
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (62 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	39
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	46
Acres of farmland in pasture	168
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	191
Acres of farmland under crops	677
Acres of hay crops	119
Acres of improved land in farms	891
Acres of land in farms	1,082
Acres of oats	212
Acres of potatoes	70
Acres of turnips	11
Acres of wheat	132
BAR AC	39
BAR BU	715
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	715
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	15
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	55
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	48
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,030
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	737
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	7,982
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	250
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,167
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,373
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	209
BWT BU	55
CRN BU	48
HAY AC	119
HAY TONS	159
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	35
Number of chickens	1,241
Number of ducks	28
Number of farm occupants who own their land	109
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	80
Number of geese	15
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	20
Number of horses aged over 3 years	118
Number of milk cows	102
Number of occupants of farms	189
Number of other cattle	53
Number of other fowl	12
Number of oxen	1
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	178
Number of sheep	3
Number of swine	74
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	194
Number of turkeys	11
OAT AC	212
OAT BU	5,030
PEA BU	737
POT AC	70
POT BU	7,982
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	12
Pounds of homemade butter	2,920
RYE BU	250
Tons of hay produced in the past year	159
WHT AC	132
WHT FALL BU	209
WHT SP BU	1,167

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	5
A 11 50	5
A 51 100	1
BEN BU	15
BUTTER LB	2,920
CATTLE KS	35
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	299
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	300
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	599
COARSE WOOL LB	12
COLTS FILLIES	20
DUCKS	28
FAMILIES	222
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.50
FRN CA	8
GEESE	15
HENS AND CHKN	1,241
HORSES OVR THREE	118
HOUSES	222
HOUSES B	94
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	14
HOUSES FIVE RM	23
HOUSES FOUR RM	22
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	173
HOUSES S	4
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	136
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	19
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	4
HOUSES TWO STRY	47
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	124
INF 11 A	178
MD FEM	184
MD MALE	180
MD TOT	364
MILK COWS	102
NAME CD	Peterborough, East-Est
OC F	80
OC P	109
OC TOT	189
OTHER FOWL	12
OTHER HRN CATTLE	53
OTHERS	1,002
SHEEP	3
SUP AM	891
SUP FOR	191
SUP JV	46
SUP PAT	168
SUP SC	677
SUP TOT	1,082
SWINE	74
SWINE KS	194
TOT DWLG OCC	222
TUR AC	11
TUR BU	3,373
TURKEY	11
WID FEM	34
WID MALE	13
WID TOT	47
WORKING OX	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON110015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q18632575

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). "Norwood, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/norwood-village-on110015-1891/.