Williams E, Ontario (1891 census)
Williams E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,794. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.103°N, 81.596°W.
Population
In 1891, Williams E had a population of 1,794: 894 male and 900 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,427 |
| 1881 | 2,195 |
| 1891 | 1,794 |
| 1901 | 1,587 |
| 1911 | 1,227 |
| 1921 | 1,104 |
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, Williams 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 1,794 total population, 900 females, 894 males, 546 married persons, 370 families, 276 married females, 270 married males, 86 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,162 single persons under 18, 595 single males under 18, 567 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,793 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 364 occupied houses, 363 houses, 277 houses built of wood, 211 houses of 2 stories, 189 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 152 houses of 1 story, 86 houses built of brick, 56 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 44 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 94,241 bushels of oats, 69,684 pounds of homemade butter, 67,995 bushels of winter wheat, 35,841 acres of land in farms, 28,778 acres of improved land in farms, 16,157 acres of farmland under crops, 15,702 bushels of peas, 15,625 chickens, 12,500 bushels of turnips, 12,102 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,292 bushels of potatoes, 8,646 bushels of barley, 7,435 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,063 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,204 tons of hay, 3,523 other cattle, 3,497 acres of oats, 3,496 acres of hay crops, 3,449 acres of wheat, 2,907 bushels of spring wheat, 2,672 bushels of corn, 2,369 cattle killed or sold, 1,892 sheep, 1,545 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,333 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,254 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,249 swine, 1,188 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,065 milk cows, 876 horses aged over 3 years, 719 turkeys, 564 geese, 519 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 407 acres of barley, 383 horses aged 3 years and under, 375 ducks, 340 occupants of farms, 289 farm occupants who own their land, 280 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 129 other fowl, 129 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 117 acres of potatoes, 84 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 54 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 45 acres of turnips, 44 bushels of rye, 32 bushels of beans, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of buckwheat, 2 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON091008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON128014— 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). "Williams E, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/williams-e-on091008-1891/.