Waterford, VL, Ontario (1891 census)
Waterford, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,212. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7973998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.931°N, 80.294°W.
Population
In 1891, Waterford, VL had a population of 1,212: 559 male and 653 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,118 |
| 1891 | 1,212 |
| 1901 | 1,122 |
| 1911 | 1,083 |
| 1921 | 1,123 |
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, Waterford, VL shared boundaries with:
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 1,212 total population, 653 females, 559 males, 513 married persons, 300 families, 258 married females, 255 married males, 71 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 628 single persons under 18, 347 single females under 18, 281 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,212 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 299 houses, 299 occupied houses, 197 houses built of wood, 179 houses of 1 story, 172 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 107 houses of 2 stories, 97 houses built of brick, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of over 15 rooms, 13 houses of 3 stories, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,562 pounds of homemade butter, 7,387 bushels of turnips, 5,835 bushels of corn, 4,628 bushels of oats, 3,660 bushels of winter wheat, 3,584 bushels of potatoes, 3,166 acres of land in farms, 2,686 bushels of peas, 2,360 acres of improved land in farms, 1,974 chickens, 1,403 acres of farmland under crops, 1,316 bushels of buckwheat, 806 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 723 bushels of barley, 612 acres of farmland in pasture, 450 bushels of rye, 433 tons of hay, 401 swine slaughtered or sold, 392 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 345 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 281 acres of hay crops, 261 swine, 222 acres of oats, 192 acres of wheat, 187 horses aged over 3 years, 185 bushels of spring wheat, 135 milk cows, 122 bushels of beans, 75 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 72 other cattle, 61 occupants of farms, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 53 farm occupants who own their land, 50 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 42 acres of potatoes, 40 cattle killed or sold, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 acres of barley, 24 other fowl, 22 turkeys, 21 ducks, 17 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 sheep, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 sheep slaughtered or sold, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 geese, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON097005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131013_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7973998
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford,_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). "Waterford, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/waterford-vl-on097005-1891/.