Oxford, Ontario (1891 census)
Oxford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,307. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.952°N, 75.677°W.
Population
In 1891, Oxford had a population of 3,307: 1,668 male and 1,639 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,496 |
| 1861 | 4,467 |
| 1871 | 4,051 |
| 1881 | 3,785 |
| 1891 | 3,307 |
| 1901 | 2,920 |
| 1911 | 2,503 |
| 1921 | 2,381 |
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, Oxford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,307 total population, 1,668 males, 1,639 females, 1,113 married persons, 675 families, 557 married females, 556 married males, 153 widowed persons, 107 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,041 single persons under 18, 1,066 single males under 18, 975 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,272 persons who are not French Canadian, 35 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 666 houses, 666 occupied houses, 535 houses built of wood, 340 houses of 2 stories, 337 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 326 houses of 1 story, 81 houses of 3 rooms, 76 houses of 5 rooms, 74 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses built of stone, 60 houses built of brick, 54 houses of 2 rooms, 47 uninhabited houses, 39 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 130,113 pounds of homemade butter, 129,585 bushels of oats, 84,127 bushels of potatoes, 59,319 acres of land in farms, 45,467 acres of improved land in farms, 31,437 acres of farmland under crops, 23,730 bushels of buckwheat, 21,983 chickens, 18,524 bushels of corn, 13,852 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,714 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,109 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,729 tons of hay, 10,329 acres of hay crops, 8,778 acres of oats, 8,184 bushels of turnips, 7,696 bushels of spring wheat, 6,425 bushels of rye, 5,047 bushels of barley, 4,964 turkeys, 3,956 milk cows, 3,815 bushels of peas, 3,049 geese, 2,769 sheep, 2,175 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,989 other cattle, 1,710 swine, 1,466 ducks, 1,449 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,279 horses aged over 3 years, 999 acres of wheat, 779 acres of potatoes, 725 cattle killed or sold, 641 occupants of farms, 556 farm occupants who own their land, 525 horses aged 3 years and under, 508 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 316 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 299 acres of barley, 274 bushels of beans, 228 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 224 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 143 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 128 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 bushels of winter wheat, 103 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 85 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 other fowl, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 acres of turnips, 25 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3 oxen. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Silas Huntington | 1829–1905 | born here |
| John Walter Harris | 1845–1926 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON085005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON113004— 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). "Oxford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oxford-on085005-1891/.