Petrolia, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Petrolia, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,357. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3089341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.887°N, 82.141°W.

Population

In 1891, Petrolia, T-V had a population of 4,357: 2,196 male and 2,161 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, Petrolia, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Enniskillen

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,357 total population, 2,196 males, 2,161 females, 1,589 married persons, 878 families, 797 married males, 792 married females, 120 widowed persons, 82 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,648 single persons under 18, 1,361 single males under 18, 1,287 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,353 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 854 houses, 854 occupied houses, 824 houses built of wood, 737 houses of 1 story, 484 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 145 houses of 5 rooms, 114 houses of 2 stories, 109 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of over 15 rooms, 15 houses under construction, 12 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,045 bushels of oats, 8,285 pounds of homemade butter, 5,610 acres of land in farms, 4,689 bushels of turnips, 4,366 acres of improved land in farms, 2,812 bushels of peas, 2,746 bushels of winter wheat, 2,667 acres of farmland under crops, 2,417 bushels of potatoes, 2,235 chickens, 1,575 tons of hay, 1,476 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,359 bushels of corn, 1,244 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,172 bushels of barley, 991 acres of hay crops, 822 bushels of spring wheat, 485 acres of oats, 389 horses aged over 3 years, 296 occupants of farms, 250 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 238 swine slaughtered or sold, 237 farm occupants who own their land, 202 acres of wheat, 182 milk cows, 175 swine, 121 other cattle, 116 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 89 horses aged 3 years and under, 70 other fowl, 56 acres of barley, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 31 acres of potatoes, 31 bushels of beans, 29 sheep, 27 ducks, 26 cattle killed or sold, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 turkeys, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms, 1 oxen, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON081007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3089341
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolia,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrolia_(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). "Petrolia, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/petrolia-t-v-on081007-1891/.