Whitby E, Ontario (1891 census)
Whitby E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,080. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.955°N, 78.881°W.
Population
In 1891, Whitby E had a population of 3,080: 1,615 male and 1,465 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,411 |
| 1881 | 3,417 |
| 1891 | 3,080 |
| 1901 | 2,631 |
| 1911 | 2,879 |
| 1921 | 3,886 |
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, Whitby E shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,080 total population, 1,615 males, 1,465 females, 1,129 married persons, 631 families, 565 married males, 564 married females, 112 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,839 single persons under 18, 1,011 single males under 18, 828 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,079 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 622 occupied houses, 618 houses, 513 houses of 1 story, 496 houses built of wood, 372 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 104 houses of 2 stories, 94 houses built of brick, 77 houses of 5 rooms, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses built of stone, 28 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 438,418 bushels of turnips, 197,222 pounds of homemade butter, 102,514 bushels of oats, 95,459 bushels of barley, 35,144 bushels of peas, 32,318 acres of land in farms, 31,461 bushels of corn, 29,728 acres of improved land in farms, 29,592 bushels of spring wheat, 25,449 bushels of potatoes, 23,509 acres of farmland under crops, 17,473 chickens, 7,780 bushels of buckwheat, 7,104 tons of hay, 5,163 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,094 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,963 acres of barley, 4,613 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,521 acres of hay crops, 3,497 acres of oats, 3,176 acres of wheat, 3,154 swine, 2,590 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,560 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,390 other cattle, 1,524 milk cows, 1,354 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,285 bushels of rye, 1,265 horses aged over 3 years, 1,194 sheep, 1,125 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,034 acres of turnips, 927 cattle killed or sold, 667 ducks, 652 horses aged 3 years and under, 606 occupants of farms, 546 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 525 bushels of winter wheat, 520 geese, 449 bushels of beans, 354 sheep slaughtered or sold, 340 acres of potatoes, 340 farm occupants who own their land, 311 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 285 turkeys, 266 farm occupants who rent their land, 106 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 101 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 99 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert McLaughlin | 1836–1921 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON102004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON133011— 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). "Whitby E, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitby-e-on102004-1891/.