Wiarton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Wiarton, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Wiarton, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,984. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3567895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.726°N, 81.153°W.

Population

In 1891, Wiarton, Village had a population of 1,984: 1,033 male and 951 female residents. Population density was 1977.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	796
1891	1,984
1901	2,443
1911	2,266
1921	1,726

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, Wiarton, Village shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.30
FAM NO	375
Number of families	375
Number of females	951
Number of males	1,033
Number of married females	327
Number of married males	326
Number of married persons	653
Number of widowed females	31
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	46
POP F	951
POP M	1,033
POP TOT	1,984
Total population	1,984

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	593
Number of single males under 18	692
Number of single persons under 18	1,285

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,983

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	375
Number of houses built of brick	54
Number of houses built of stone	3
Number of houses built of wood	318
Number of houses of 1 room	4
Number of houses of 1 story	163
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	19
Number of houses of 2 rooms	23
Number of houses of 2 stories	208
Number of houses of 3 rooms	29
Number of houses of 3 stories	4
Number of houses of 4 rooms	65
Number of houses of 5 rooms	43
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	184
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	8
Number of houses under construction	5
Number of occupied houses	375
Number of uninhabited houses	2

Agriculture (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	5
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	189
Acres of farmland in pasture	209
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	56
Acres of farmland under crops	135
Acres of hay crops	78
Acres of improved land in farms	533
Acres of land in farms	589
Acres of oats	39
Acres of potatoes	47
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	10
BAR AC	5
BAR BU	85
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	85
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	100
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	925
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	140
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	5,011
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	60
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	540
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	60
CRN BU	100
HAY AC	78
HAY TONS	82
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	269
Number of chickens	1,723
Number of ducks	53
Number of farm occupants who own their land	352
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	25
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	12
Number of horses aged over 3 years	147
Number of milk cows	133
Number of occupants of farms	353
Number of other cattle	53
Number of other fowl	63
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	344
Number of sheep	24
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	366
Number of swine	92
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	47
Number of turkeys	8
OAT AC	39
OAT BU	925
PEA BU	140
POT AC	47
POT BU	5,011
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	92
Pounds of homemade butter	8,670
Tons of hay produced in the past year	82
WHT AC	10
WHT FALL BU	60
WHT SP BU	60

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	6
A 51 100	2
BUTTER LB	8,670
CATTLE KS	269
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	593
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	692
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,285
COARSE WOOL LB	92
COLTS FILLIES	12
DUCKS	53
FAMILIES	375
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.30
FRN CA	1
GEESE	25
HENS AND CHKN	1,723
HORSES OVR THREE	147
HOUSES	375
HOUSES B	54
HOUSES CON	5
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	19
HOUSES FIVE RM	43
HOUSES FOUR RM	65
HOUSES ONE RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	163
HOUSES S	3
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	184
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	8
HOUSES THREE RM	29
HOUSES THREE STRY	4
HOUSES TWO RM	23
HOUSES TWO STRY	208
HOUSES UNINH	2
HOUSES W	318
INF 11 A	344
MD FEM	327
MD MALE	326
MD TOT	653
MILK COWS	133
NAME CD	Bruce, North-Nord
OC F	1
OC P	352
OC TOT	353
OTHER FOWL	63
OTHER HRN CATTLE	53
OTHERS	1,983
SHEEP	24
SHEEP KS	366
SUP AM	533
SUP FOR	56
SUP JV	189
SUP PAT	209
SUP SC	135
SUP TOT	589
SWINE	92
SWINE KS	47
TOT DWLG OCC	375
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	540
TURKEY	8
WID FEM	31
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	46

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON052013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON104022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3567895
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiarton
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiarton_(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). "Wiarton, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wiarton-village-on052013-1891/.