Tilbury E, Ontario (1891 census)
Tilbury E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,033. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.251°N, 82.338°W.
Population
In 1891, Tilbury E had a population of 3,033: 1,619 male and 1,414 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,872 |
| 1891 | 3,033 |
| 1911 | 3,255 |
| 1921 | 3,197 |
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, Tilbury E shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,033 total population, 1,619 males, 1,414 females, 943 married persons, 542 families, 472 married males, 471 married females, 90 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,000 single persons under 18, 1,112 single males under 18, 888 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,454 persons who are not French Canadian, 579 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 539 occupied houses, 526 houses, 494 houses built of wood, 283 houses of 2 stories, 241 houses of 1 story, 194 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 108 houses of 4 rooms, 97 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 32 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 13 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 12 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 203,294 bushels of corn, 127,717 bushels of oats, 127,696 pounds of homemade butter, 66,988 bushels of winter wheat, 42,629 acres of land in farms, 32,728 acres of improved land in farms, 21,887 acres of farmland under crops, 21,253 bushels of barley, 14,258 chickens, 13,021 bushels of potatoes, 10,906 bushels of spring wheat, 10,079 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,901 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,598 swine, 6,489 tons of hay, 6,295 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,284 bushels of turnips, 5,271 bushels of peas, 4,977 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,550 acres of wheat, 4,231 acres of oats, 3,672 other cattle, 3,635 acres of hay crops, 2,404 bushels of beans, 2,291 cattle killed or sold, 1,616 milk cows, 1,420 horses aged over 3 years, 1,364 sheep, 1,121 acres of barley, 815 bushels of buckwheat, 806 geese, 743 sheep slaughtered or sold, 661 horses aged 3 years and under, 503 occupants of farms, 417 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 416 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 385 farm occupants who own their land, 324 turkeys, 317 ducks, 185 acres of potatoes, 155 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 153 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 117 farm occupants who rent their land, 100 bushels of rye, 93 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 71 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 65 other fowl, 34 acres of turnips, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON079008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121009_1911— 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). "Tilbury E, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tilbury-e-on079008-1891/.