Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Sandwich, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,352. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.295°N, 83.069°W.

Population

In 1891, Sandwich, T-V had a population of 1,352: 643 male and 709 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Sandwich, T-V, 1881 (22.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Sandwich, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Sandwich W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,352 total population, 709 females, 643 males, 462 married persons, 264 families, 231 married females, 231 married males, 59 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 831 single persons under 18, 442 single females under 18, 389 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 817 persons who are not French Canadian, 535 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 264 occupied houses, 263 houses, 228 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 2 stories, 133 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 80 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses built of brick, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,848 bushels of corn, 7,262 pounds of homemade butter, 5,870 bushels of oats, 2,662 acres of land in farms, 2,615 bushels of winter wheat, 2,394 acres of improved land in farms, 2,224 bushels of potatoes, 2,114 chickens, 1,928 bushels of turnips, 1,508 acres of farmland under crops, 498 acres of farmland in pasture, 433 swine slaughtered or sold, 393 bushels of barley, 388 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 364 tons of hay, 294 bushels of peas, 268 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 263 acres of hay crops, 262 occupants of farms, 248 swine, 230 acres of oats, 225 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 191 acres of wheat, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 179 bushels of spring wheat, 152 farm occupants who own their land, 138 milk cows, 119 cattle killed or sold, 115 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 110 bushels of rye, 107 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 other fowl, 82 ducks, 70 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 67 sheep slaughtered or sold, 58 geese, 51 bushels of buckwheat, 49 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 43 other cattle, 37 bushels of beans, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 acres of potatoes, 28 sheep, 18 acres of barley, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 oxen, 4 turkeys, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON062006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Sandwich, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sandwich-t-v-on062006-1891/.