Whitchurch, Ontario (1891 census)

Whitchurch was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,019. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.014°N, 79.357°W.

Population

In 1891, Whitchurch had a population of 4,019: 2,091 male and 1,928 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, Whitchurch shared boundaries with:

• Gwillimbury, East—Est
• King
• Markham
• Newmarket, Town—Ville
• Stouffville, Village
• Uxbridge

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,019 total population, 2,091 males, 1,928 females, 1,456 married persons, 837 families, 728 married females, 728 married males, 170 widowed persons, 101 widowed females, 69 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,393 single persons under 18, 1,294 single males under 18, 1,099 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,017 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 835 occupied houses, 819 houses, 673 houses built of wood, 466 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 425 houses of 1 story, 391 houses of 2 stories, 139 houses built of brick, 99 houses of 5 rooms, 91 houses of 4 rooms, 64 houses of 3 rooms, 54 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 houses of 2 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 264,673 bushels of turnips, 220,709 bushels of oats, 217,112 pounds of homemade butter, 98,507 bushels of barley, 83,993 bushels of potatoes, 63,177 bushels of peas, 57,202 acres of land in farms, 46,402 acres of improved land in farms, 38,605 acres of farmland under crops, 36,476 bushels of spring wheat, 34,092 bushels of winter wheat, 24,777 chickens, 10,800 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,996 acres of oats, 8,752 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,529 tons of hay, 7,966 swine slaughtered or sold, 7,652 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,989 swine, 6,802 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,002 acres of hay crops, 5,030 acres of wheat, 4,604 acres of barley, 4,102 bushels of corn, 3,471 sheep, 3,156 bushels of rye, 2,288 other cattle, 2,071 milk cows, 1,948 horses aged over 3 years, 1,335 bushels of buckwheat, 1,283 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,235 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,216 geese, 1,038 turkeys, 995 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 908 horses aged 3 years and under, 897 acres of potatoes, 825 bushels of beans, 824 occupants of farms, 804 cattle killed or sold, 742 acres of turnips, 735 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 587 ducks, 510 farm occupants who own their land, 313 farm occupants who rent their land, 290 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 249 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 149 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 132 other fowl, 116 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 oxen, 1 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: ON103006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154009 — 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). "Whitchurch, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/whitchurch-on103006-1891/.