Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Oshawa, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,066. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q211867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.892°N, 78.856°W.

Population

In 1891, Oshawa, T-V had a population of 4,066: 1,996 male and 2,070 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 contained Oshawa, T-V, 1881 (70.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Oshawa, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Whitby E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,066 total population, 2,070 females, 1,996 males, 1,423 married persons, 878 families, 713 married females, 710 married males, 209 widowed persons, 154 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,434 single persons under 18, 1,231 single males under 18, 1,203 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,047 persons who are not French Canadian, 19 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 845 houses, 845 occupied houses, 644 houses built of wood, 546 houses of 1 story, 530 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 285 houses of 2 stories, 201 houses built of brick, 138 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 3 stories, 14 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,908 pounds of homemade butter, 13,221 bushels of turnips, 9,116 bushels of oats, 7,088 bushels of potatoes, 6,253 bushels of barley, 4,984 bushels of corn, 4,621 chickens, 2,615 acres of land in farms, 2,398 acres of improved land in farms, 1,467 acres of farmland under crops, 1,004 bushels of peas, 739 tons of hay, 724 occupants of farms, 708 bushels of spring wheat, 697 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 563 swine slaughtered or sold, 482 acres of farmland in pasture, 449 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 405 farm occupants who own their land, 379 acres of hay crops, 376 horses aged over 3 years, 319 farm occupants who rent their land, 313 bushels of buckwheat, 293 acres of oats, 279 acres of barley, 226 swine, 217 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 205 milk cows, 135 other cattle, 129 cattle killed or sold, 87 acres of wheat, 87 ducks, 72 acres of potatoes, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 55 bushels of rye, 51 turkeys, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 36 acres of turnips, 25 bushels of beans, 17 geese, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 other fowl, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 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 2 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: ON102001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q211867
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa

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). "Oshawa, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oshawa-t-v-on102001-1891/.