Tilbury, West—Ouest, Ontario (1901 census)
Tilbury, West—Ouest was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,209. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.212°N, 82.543°W.
Population
In 1901, Tilbury, West—Ouest had a population of 2,209: 1,158 male and 1,051 female residents.
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 Tilbury, 1891 (42.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Tilbury, West—Ouest shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 422 |
| Number of females | 1,051 |
| Number of males | 1,158 |
| Number of married females | 371 |
| Number of married males | 379 |
| Number of single females | 634 |
| Number of single males | 751 |
| Number of widowed females | 46 |
| Number of widowed males | 28 |
| POP F | 1,051 |
| POP M | 1,158 |
| POP TOT | 2,209 |
| Total population | 2,209 |
Buildings & housing (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 420 |
Agriculture (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area (acres) | 19,843 |
Other recorded variables (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| AREA AC | 19,843 |
| FAMILIES | 422 |
| HOUSES | 420 |
| MARRIED F | 371 |
| MARRIED M | 379 |
| SINGLE F | 634 |
| SINGLE M | 751 |
| WIDOWED F | 46 |
| WIDOWED M | 28 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON059010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON059010— 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 1901 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, West—Ouest, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/tilbury-west-ouest-on059010-1901/.