Weston, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Weston, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,194. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.694°N, 79.532°W.
Population
In 1891, Weston, Village had a population of 1,194: 577 male and 617 female residents. Population density was 1190.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,194 |
| 1901 | 1,083 |
| 1911 | 1,875 |
| 1921 | 3,166 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Etobicoke, 1881 (2.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Weston, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 236 |
| Number of families | 236 |
| Number of females | 617 |
| Number of males | 577 |
| Number of married females | 196 |
| Number of married males | 191 |
| Number of married persons | 387 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 57 |
| POP F | 617 |
| POP M | 577 |
| POP TOT | 1,194 |
| Total population | 1,194 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 377 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 373 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 750 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 13 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,181 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 230 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 73 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 7 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 150 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 126 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 99 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 33 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 148 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of occupied houses | 230 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 67 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 145 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 157 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 166 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 263 |
| Acres of hay crops | 100 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 565 |
| Acres of land in farms | 731 |
| Acres of oats | 140 |
| Acres of potatoes | 41 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 35 |
| BAR AC | 67 |
| BAR BU | 1,590 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,590 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 814 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,160 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 640 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,460 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,647 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 600 |
| CRN BU | 814 |
| HAY AC | 100 |
| HAY TONS | 163 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 6 |
| Number of chickens | 1,742 |
| Number of ducks | 44 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 52 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 28 |
| Number of geese | 8 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 17 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 112 |
| Number of milk cows | 51 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 80 |
| Number of other cattle | 7 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 72 |
| Number of swine | 104 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 162 |
| OAT AC | 140 |
| OAT BU | 4,160 |
| PEA BU | 640 |
| POT AC | 41 |
| POT BU | 4,460 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,081 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 163 |
| WHT AC | 35 |
| WHT FALL BU | 600 |
| WHT SP BU | 80 |
Other recorded variables (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 4 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 10 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,081 |
| CATTLE KS | 6 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 377 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 373 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 750 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 17 |
| DUCKS | 44 |
| FAMILIES | 236 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FRN CA | 13 |
| GEESE | 8 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,742 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 112 |
| HOUSES | 230 |
| HOUSES B | 73 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 12 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 33 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 22 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 126 |
| HOUSES S | 7 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 148 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 99 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 14 |
| HOUSES W | 150 |
| INF 11 A | 72 |
| MD FEM | 196 |
| MD MALE | 191 |
| MD TOT | 387 |
| MILK COWS | 51 |
| NAME CD | York, West-Ouest |
| OC F | 28 |
| OC P | 52 |
| OC TOT | 80 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 7 |
| OTHERS | 1,181 |
| SUP AM | 565 |
| SUP FOR | 166 |
| SUP JV | 145 |
| SUP PAT | 157 |
| SUP SC | 263 |
| SUP TOT | 731 |
| SWINE | 104 |
| SWINE KS | 162 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 230 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 2,647 |
| WID FEM | 44 |
| WID MALE | 13 |
| WID TOT | 57 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON133006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON154017— 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). "Weston, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/weston-village-on133006-1891/.