Warwick, Ontario (1891 census)

Warwick was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,644. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263106. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.008°N, 81.901°W.

Population

In 1891, Warwick had a population of 3,644: 1,839 male and 1,805 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, Warwick shared boundaries with:

• Adelaide
• Bosanquet
• Brooke
• Forest, T-V
• Metcalfe
• Plympton
• Watford, VL
• Williams W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,644 total population, 1,839 males, 1,805 females, 1,145 married persons, 684 families, 574 married males, 571 married females, 123 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,376 single persons under 18, 1,219 single males under 18, 1,157 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,631 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 668 occupied houses, 645 houses, 521 houses built of wood, 488 houses of 2 stories, 374 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 157 houses of 1 story, 123 houses built of brick, 77 houses of 5 rooms, 73 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 196,622 bushels of oats, 129,864 pounds of homemade butter, 86,446 bushels of winter wheat, 63,866 acres of land in farms, 52,024 acres of improved land in farms, 46,880 bushels of barley, 43,228 bushels of corn, 35,905 bushels of turnips, 33,784 acres of farmland under crops, 33,086 bushels of peas, 24,114 chickens, 20,245 bushels of potatoes, 16,924 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,038 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13,227 tons of hay, 11,842 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,745 bushels of spring wheat, 8,314 acres of hay crops, 7,759 acres of oats, 5,241 other cattle, 5,164 acres of wheat, 3,024 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,793 sheep, 2,645 milk cows, 2,469 swine, 2,339 acres of barley, 1,969 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,949 cattle killed or sold, 1,629 horses aged over 3 years, 1,006 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 899 horses aged 3 years and under, 666 geese, 624 occupants of farms, 575 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 565 farm occupants who own their land, 545 bushels of rye, 477 bushels of buckwheat, 385 turkeys, 373 ducks, 292 acres of potatoes, 283 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 259 bushels of beans, 131 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 127 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 96 acres of turnips, 57 farm occupants who rent their land, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 48 other fowl, 40 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 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: ON081009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122010_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263106

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). "Warwick, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/warwick-on081009-1891/.