Oakville, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Oakville, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,823. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.460°N, 79.670°W.

Population

In 1891, Oakville, T-V had a population of 1,823: 923 male and 900 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, Oakville, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Trafalgar

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 1,823 total population, 923 males, 900 females, 631 married persons, 382 families, 318 married females, 313 married males, 95 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,097 single persons under 18, 578 single males under 18, 519 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,810 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 381 houses, 381 occupied houses, 304 houses built of wood, 254 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 239 houses of 1 story, 136 houses of 2 stories, 72 houses built of brick, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,822 bushels of turnips, 5,521 pounds of homemade butter, 3,696 bushels of potatoes, 2,525 bushels of oats, 1,823 chickens, 1,292 acres of land in farms, 1,220 bushels of barley, 1,166 acres of improved land in farms, 910 bushels of winter wheat, 786 acres of farmland under crops, 760 bushels of peas, 401 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 373 bushels of spring wheat, 271 tons of hay, 267 bushels of corn, 248 cattle killed or sold, 244 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 209 acres of hay crops, 202 sheep slaughtered or sold, 180 bushels of rye, 159 swine, 147 horses aged over 3 years, 136 acres of farmland in pasture, 126 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 116 acres of oats, 105 acres of wheat, 105 swine slaughtered or sold, 87 milk cows, 83 other cattle, 68 occupants of farms, 60 farm occupants who own their land, 59 acres of barley, 57 ducks, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of potatoes, 35 geese, 30 acres of turnips, 17 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 15 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 bushels of beans, 12 other fowl, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 turkeys, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 sheep, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 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: ON071008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON117008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424984
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville_(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). "Oakville, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oakville-t-v-on071008-1891/.