Tilbury W-O, Ontario (1891 census)

Tilbury W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,100. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.241°N, 82.517°W.

Population

In 1891, Tilbury W-O had a population of 5,100: 2,665 male and 2,435 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Tilbury W-O, 1901 (42.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Tilbury N, 1901 (57.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Tilbury W-O shared boundaries with:

• Dover
• Mersea
• Rochester
• Romney
• Tilbury (pt), T-V
• Tilbury (pt), T-V
• Tilbury E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,100 total population, 2,665 males, 2,435 females, 1,686 married persons, 923 families, 846 married males, 840 married females, 133 widowed persons, 68 widowed males, 65 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,281 single persons under 18, 1,751 single males under 18, 1,530 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,657 French Canadians, 2,443 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 904 occupied houses, 900 houses, 871 houses of 1 story, 870 houses built of wood, 270 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 187 houses of 3 rooms, 164 houses of 4 rooms, 128 houses of 5 rooms, 109 houses of 2 rooms, 80 uninhabited houses, 29 houses built of brick, 26 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 1 room, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 196,578 bushels of corn, 153,812 bushels of oats, 95,816 pounds of homemade butter, 52,698 bushels of winter wheat, 43,785 acres of land in farms, 29,374 acres of improved land in farms, 24,801 acres of farmland under crops, 16,425 chickens, 15,252 bushels of barley, 14,411 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,514 bushels of turnips, 7,579 bushels of potatoes, 6,092 swine slaughtered or sold, 5,825 acres of oats, 5,784 swine, 5,650 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,490 tons of hay, 3,894 acres of wheat, 3,785 acres of hay crops, 3,716 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,514 bushels of spring wheat, 3,157 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,474 other cattle, 2,429 bushels of peas, 2,259 bushels of rye, 1,922 sheep, 1,687 horses aged over 3 years, 1,656 bushels of buckwheat, 1,645 milk cows, 1,399 cattle killed or sold, 1,110 sheep slaughtered or sold, 944 acres of barley, 915 geese, 857 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 767 horses aged 3 years and under, 749 occupants of farms, 588 farm occupants who own their land, 471 ducks, 413 bushels of beans, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 308 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 293 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 259 turkeys, 242 other fowl, 206 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 175, 161 farm occupants who rent their land, 157 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 144 acres of potatoes, 69 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 53 acres of turnips, 40 oxen, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON062007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110015 — 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 W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tilbury-w-o-on062007-1891/.