Uxbridge, Ontario (1891 census)

Uxbridge was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,461. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q386959. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.055°N, 79.162°W.

Population

In 1891, Uxbridge had a population of 3,461: 1,777 male and 1,684 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Uxbridge shared boundaries with:

• Markham
• Pickering
• Reach
• Scott
• Uxbridge, Town—Ville
• Whitchurch

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,461 total population, 1,777 males, 1,684 females, 1,241 married persons, 711 families, 623 married males, 618 married females, 130 widowed persons, 85 widowed females, 45 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,090 single persons under 18, 1,109 single males under 18, 981 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,460 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 703 occupied houses, 695 houses, 638 houses built of wood, 412 houses of 2 stories, 365 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 282 houses of 1 story, 91 houses of 5 rooms, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 3 rooms, 49 houses built of brick, 41 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 1 room, 6 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 531,362 bushels of turnips, 193,449 pounds of homemade butter, 159,718 bushels of oats, 122,795 bushels of potatoes, 55,223 bushels of spring wheat, 51,916 bushels of barley, 47,915 bushels of peas, 47,613 acres of land in farms, 38,430 acres of improved land in farms, 31,025 acres of farmland under crops, 21,553 chickens, 9,511 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,183 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,908 bushels of rye, 8,437 bushels of winter wheat, 6,942 acres of oats, 6,717 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,497 tons of hay, 5,234 acres of wheat, 4,852 swine, 4,759 acres of hay crops, 4,638 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,070 bushels of corn, 3,049 acres of barley, 2,803 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,769 bushels of buckwheat, 2,404 sheep, 2,301 other cattle, 1,613 milk cows, 1,493 horses aged over 3 years, 1,337 acres of turnips, 1,287 acres of potatoes, 1,009 cattle killed or sold, 954 sheep slaughtered or sold, 820 geese, 696 occupants of farms, 688 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 677 ducks, 674 turkeys, 670 horses aged 3 years and under, 616 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 445 farm occupants who own their land, 269 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 245 farm occupants who rent their land, 219 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 212 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 187 bushels of beans, 134 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 109 other fowl, 109 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 18, 9 oxen, 6 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON103004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON133009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q386959
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge_(Ontario)

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). "Uxbridge, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/uxbridge-on103004-1891/.