Oxford W-O, Ontario (1891 census)

Oxford W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,193. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.053°N, 80.813°W.

Population

In 1891, Oxford W-O had a population of 2,193: 1,114 male and 1,079 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, Oxford W-O shared boundaries with:

• Blandford
• Dereham
• Dorchester N
• Ingersoll, Town—Ville
• Norwich N
• Oxford E
• Oxford N
• Woodstock c
• Zorra 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 2,193 total population, 1,114 males, 1,079 females, 833 married persons, 484 families, 418 married females, 415 married males, 93 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,267 single persons under 18, 665 single males under 18, 602 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,192 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 473 houses, 473 occupied houses, 363 houses built of wood, 353 houses of 1 story, 252 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 120 houses of 2 stories, 94 houses built of brick, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 57 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses built of stone, 16 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 114,050 bushels of turnips, 84,837 bushels of oats, 53,514 pounds of homemade butter, 48,377 bushels of winter wheat, 26,637 bushels of corn, 25,878 acres of land in farms, 24,729 bushels of potatoes, 23,626 bushels of peas, 23,518 bushels of barley, 22,577 acres of improved land in farms, 16,439 acres of farmland under crops, 11,718 chickens, 7,340 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,020 tons of hay, 5,895 bushels of spring wheat, 5,499 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,351 acres of hay crops, 3,315 swine, 3,301 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,800 acres of oats, 2,479 acres of wheat, 2,384 milk cows, 1,893 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,638 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 977 acres of barley, 969 other cattle, 924 horses aged over 3 years, 692 sheep, 650 cattle killed or sold, 639 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, Capacity of silos (tons): 630, 461 sheep slaughtered or sold, 414 occupants of farms, 360 bushels of rye, 338 horses aged 3 years and under, 293 acres of turnips, 286 farm occupants who own their land, 280 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 234 acres of potatoes, 232 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 229 turkeys, 169 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 167 geese, 157 ducks, 143 bushels of beans, 127 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 56 other fowl, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 oxen, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON106009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134009_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). "Oxford W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oxford-w-o-on106009-1891/.