Stouffville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Stouffville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,148. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.982°N, 79.242°W.
Population
In 1891, Stouffville, Village had a population of 1,148: 561 male and 587 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,148 |
| 1901 | 1,223 |
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, Stouffville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,148 total population, 587 females, 561 males, 465 married persons, 270 families, 233 married females, 232 married males, 51 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 632 single persons under 18, 317 single males under 18, 315 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,148 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 269 houses, 269 occupied houses, 191 houses of 1 story, 187 houses built of wood, 174 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 82 houses built of brick, 76 houses of 2 stories, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,655 pounds of homemade butter, 4,952 bushels of turnips, 4,795 bushels of oats, 1,975 bushels of barley, 1,797 bushels of potatoes, 983 chickens, 860 bushels of peas, 700 bushels of spring wheat, 465 bushels of winter wheat, 238 occupants of farms, 236 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 234 acres of land in farms, 214 acres of improved land in farms, 162 acres of oats, 153 tons of hay, 144 horses aged over 3 years, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 138 swine, 130 acres of farmland under crops, 100 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 acres of barley, 96 acres of hay crops, 93 ducks, 70 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 69 acres of wheat, 65 bushels of corn, 58 milk cows, 53 swine slaughtered or sold, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 acres of farmland in pasture, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 27 cattle killed or sold, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19 sheep, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 other cattle, 13 acres of potatoes, 10 geese, 9 acres of turnips, 4 other fowl, 4 turkeys, 3 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON103003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON099003— 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). "Stouffville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/stouffville-village-on103003-1891/.