Richmond Hill, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Richmond Hill, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 743. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q52998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.877°N, 79.450°W.

Population

In 1891, Richmond Hill, VL had a population of 743: 371 male and 372 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, Richmond Hill, VL shared boundaries with:

• Vaughan

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 743 total population, 372 females, 371 males, 269 married persons, 172 families, 135 married females, 134 married males, 55 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 419 single persons under 18, 218 single males under 18, 201 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 743 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 171 houses, 171 occupied houses, 128 houses built of wood, 119 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 89 houses of 1 story, 82 houses of 2 stories, 43 houses built of brick, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,065 bushels of oats, 4,652 pounds of homemade butter, 2,227 bushels of potatoes, 2,177 bushels of barley, 1,112 bushels of turnips, 1,080 bushels of peas, 971 chickens, 941 acres of land in farms, 917 acres of improved land in farms, 800 bushels of winter wheat, 736 acres of farmland under crops, 560 bushels of spring wheat, 233 tons of hay, 179 occupants of farms, 169 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 169 swine slaughtered or sold, 160 acres of hay crops, 155 acres of oats, 120 swine, 111 horses aged over 3 years, 99 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 97 farm occupants who own their land, 96 acres of barley, 93 acres of farmland in pasture, 88 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 bushels of corn, 63 acres of wheat, 47 milk cows, 35 acres of potatoes, 29 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23 other cattle, 22 sheep, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 other fowl, 11 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 geese, 8 ducks, 5 cattle killed or sold, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON133002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q52998
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Hill

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). "Richmond Hill, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/richmond-hill-vl-on133002-1891/.