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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,194 |
| 1901 | 1,083 |
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 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,194 total population, 617 females, 577 males, 387 married persons, 236 families, 196 married females, 191 married males, 57 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 750 single persons under 18, 377 single females under 18, 373 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,181 persons who are not French Canadian, 13 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 230 houses, 230 occupied houses, 150 houses built of wood, 148 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 126 houses of 1 story, 99 houses of 2 stories, 73 houses built of brick, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,460 bushels of potatoes, 4,160 bushels of oats, 4,081 pounds of homemade butter, 2,647 bushels of turnips, 1,742 chickens, 1,590 bushels of barley, 814 bushels of corn, 731 acres of land in farms, 640 bushels of peas, 600 bushels of winter wheat, 565 acres of improved land in farms, 263 acres of farmland under crops, 166 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 163 tons of hay, 162 swine slaughtered or sold, 157 acres of farmland in pasture, 145 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 140 acres of oats, 112 horses aged over 3 years, 104 swine, 100 acres of hay crops, 80 bushels of spring wheat, 80 occupants of farms, 72 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 67 acres of barley, 52 farm occupants who own their land, 51 milk cows, 44 ducks, 41 acres of potatoes, 35 acres of wheat, 28 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 10 bushels of beans, 8 geese, 7 acres of turnips, 7 other cattle, 6 cattle killed or sold, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON133006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON131010_1891— 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/.