Pilkington, Ontario (1891 census)

Pilkington was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,663. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262592. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.647°N, 80.443°W.

Population

In 1891, Pilkington had a population of 1,663: 900 male and 763 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, Pilkington shared boundaries with:

• Guelph
• Nichol
• Peel
• Waterloo
• Woolwich

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,663 total population, 900 males, 763 females, 497 married persons, 311 families, 250 married males, 247 married females, 58 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,108 single persons under 18, 626 single males under 18, 482 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,656 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 309 houses, 309 occupied houses, 196 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 190 houses of 2 stories, 173 houses built of wood, 118 houses of 1 story, 88 houses built of stone, 47 houses built of brick, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 407,931 bushels of turnips, 176,358 bushels of oats, 78,423 pounds of homemade butter, 45,716 bushels of barley, 34,155 bushels of peas, 28,941 acres of land in farms, 26,360 acres of improved land in farms, 24,229 bushels of potatoes, 20,192 acres of farmland under crops, 16,680 bushels of winter wheat, 12,126 chickens, 11,442 bushels of spring wheat, 9,810 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,224 tons of hay, 5,767 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,389 acres of oats, 4,814 acres of hay crops, 3,999 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,371 swine, 3,157 other cattle, 2,581 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,463 sheep, 2,217 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,614 cattle killed or sold, 1,606 acres of barley, 1,601 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,583 acres of wheat, 1,160 acres of turnips, 1,088 milk cows, 902 horses aged over 3 years, 817 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 536 geese, 406 horses aged 3 years and under, 401 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 335 turkeys, 298 occupants of farms, 242 farm occupants who own their land, 225 bushels of corn, 223 ducks, 215 acres of potatoes, 111 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 92 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 54 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 34 other fowl, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 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 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: ON126010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262592

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). "Pilkington, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pilkington-on126010-1891/.