Wardsville, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Wardsville, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 380. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.663°N, 81.752°W.
Population
In 1891, Wardsville, VL had a population of 380: 170 male and 210 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 539 |
| 1881 | 540 |
| 1891 | 380 |
| 1901 | 343 |
| 1911 | 240 |
| 1921 | 237 |
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, Wardsville, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 380 total population, 210 females, 170 males, 121 married persons, 89 families, 61 married females, 60 married males, 27 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 4.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 232 single persons under 18, 130 single females under 18, 102 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 380 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 88 houses, 88 occupied houses, 79 houses built of wood, 55 houses of 1 story, 51 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 32 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,178 pounds of homemade butter, 1,561 bushels of potatoes, 1,416 bushels of corn, 1,410 bushels of oats, 947 chickens, 877 acres of land in farms, 874 bushels of winter wheat, 748 acres of improved land in farms, 478 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 455 acres of farmland under crops, 376 swine slaughtered or sold, 214 acres of farmland in pasture, 214 sheep, 207 tons of hay, 160 bushels of peas, 135 acres of hay crops, 129 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 128 bushels of barley, 100 bushels of turnips, 92 bushels of beans, 87 occupants of farms, 79 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 swine, 72 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 farm occupants who own their land, 63 milk cows, 61 horses aged over 3 years, 55 acres of oats, 48 other cattle, 44 acres of wheat, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 acres of potatoes, 12 ducks, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 turkeys, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 acres of barley, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 geese, 2 cattle killed or sold, 1 employees on farms, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON093009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128023— 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). "Wardsville, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wardsville-vl-on093009-1891/.