Point Edward, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Point Edward, VL 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, VL had a population of 1,881: 969 male and 912 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, Point Edward, VL shared boundaries with:

• Sarnia

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,881 total population, 969 males, 912 females, 624 married persons, 360 families, 313 married females, 311 married males, 81 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,176 single persons under 18, 631 single males under 18, 545 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,881 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 359 houses, 359 occupied houses, 335 houses built of wood, 254 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 197 houses of 1 story, 159 houses of 2 stories, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 950 acres of land in farms, 946 chickens, 700 bushels of oats, 529 acres of improved land in farms, 421 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 300 bushels of winter wheat, 269 acres of farmland in pasture, 260 bushels of potatoes, 200 bushels of barley, 196 acres of farmland under crops, 100 bushels of peas, 75 ducks, 60 bushels of turnips, 51 milk cows, 50 acres of wheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 50 tons of hay, 46 horses aged over 3 years, 45 occupants of farms, 40 acres of hay crops, 35 other fowl, 34 farm occupants who own their land, 33 acres of barley, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 swine, 28 geese, 25 acres of oats, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6 other cattle, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON082004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4859882
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Edward,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Edward_(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). "Point Edward, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/point-edward-vl-on082004-1891/.