Point Edward, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Point Edward, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,881. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4859882. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.996°N, 82.405°W.
Population
In 1891, Point Edward, Village had a population of 1,881: 969 male and 912 female residents. Population density was 1875.2 people per square mile.
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, Point Edward, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 141 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 360 |
| Number of families | 360 |
| Number of females | 912 |
| Number of males | 969 |
| Number of married females | 313 |
| Number of married males | 311 |
| Number of married persons | 624 |
| Number of widowed females | 54 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 81 |
| POP F | 912 |
| POP M | 969 |
| POP TOT | 1,881 |
| Total population | 1,881 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 545 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 631 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,176 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,881 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 359 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 24 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 335 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 197 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 38 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 159 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 36 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 254 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 359 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (48 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 33 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 269 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 421 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 196 |
| Acres of hay crops | 40 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 529 |
| Acres of land in farms | 950 |
| Acres of oats | 25 |
| Acres of potatoes | 4 |
| Acres of wheat | 50 |
| BAR AC | 33 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 700 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 260 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 300 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 50 |
| HAY AC | 40 |
| HAY TONS | 50 |
| Number of chickens | 946 |
| Number of ducks | 75 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 34 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 11 |
| Number of geese | 28 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 4 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 46 |
| Number of milk cows | 51 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 45 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of other fowl | 35 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 32 |
| Number of sheep | 2 |
| Number of swine | 29 |
| OAT AC | 25 |
| OAT BU | 700 |
| PEA BU | 100 |
| POT AC | 4 |
| POT BU | 260 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 8 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 50 |
| WHT AC | 50 |
| WHT FALL BU | 300 |
Other recorded variables (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 51 100 | 5 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 545 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 631 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,176 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 8 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 4 |
| DUCKS | 75 |
| FAMILIES | 360 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 28 |
| GRA BU | 25 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 946 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 46 |
| HOUSES | 359 |
| HOUSES B | 24 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 38 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 36 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 11 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 197 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 254 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 159 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 6 |
| HOUSES W | 335 |
| INF 11 A | 32 |
| MD FEM | 313 |
| MD MALE | 311 |
| MD TOT | 624 |
| MILK COWS | 51 |
| NAME CD | Lambton, West— Ouest |
| OC F | 11 |
| OC P | 34 |
| OC TOT | 45 |
| OTHER FOWL | 35 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 1,881 |
| SHEEP | 2 |
| SILOS | 50 |
| SUP AM | 529 |
| SUP FOR | 421 |
| SUP PAT | 269 |
| SUP SC | 196 |
| SUP TOT | 950 |
| SWINE | 29 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 359 |
| TUR BU | 60 |
| WID FEM | 54 |
| WID MALE | 27 |
| WID TOT | 81 |
Identifiers
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). "Point Edward, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/point-edward-village-on082004-1891/.