Williamsburg, Ontario (1891 census)

Williamsburg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,308. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.987°N, 75.188°W.

Population

In 1891, Williamsburg had a population of 4,308: 2,156 male and 2,152 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, Williamsburg shared boundaries with:

• Matilda
• Morrisburg, Village
• Osmabruck
• Winchester

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,308 total population, 2,156 males, 2,152 females, 1,543 married persons, 825 families, 772 married females, 771 married males, 181 widowed persons, 118 widowed females, 63 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,584 single persons under 18, 1,322 single males under 18, 1,262 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,301 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 811 houses, 811 occupied houses, 743 houses of 1 story, 606 houses built of wood, 409 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 169 houses built of brick, 101 houses of 5 rooms, 100 houses of 4 rooms, 89 houses of 3 rooms, 68 houses of 2 stories, 65 houses of 2 rooms, 36 houses built of stone, 34 uninhabited houses, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 235,258 pounds of homemade butter, 107,934 bushels of oats, 57,467 bushels of potatoes, 55,891 acres of land in farms, 38,427 acres of improved land in farms, 31,148 chickens, 26,484 bushels of corn, 25,459 acres of farmland under crops, 17,464 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,144 bushels of buckwheat, 13,467 tons of hay, 12,237 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,957 acres of hay crops, 9,376 bushels of barley, 8,160 bushels of turnips, 7,931 bushels of spring wheat, 7,740 acres of oats, 7,424 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,609 milk cows, 4,122 bushels of peas, 2,650 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,213 swine, 1,647 horses aged over 3 years, 1,566 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,533 sheep, 1,490 other cattle, 1,444 bushels of winter wheat, 1,390 acres of wheat, 1,189 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,130 cattle killed or sold, 1,034 geese, 815 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 791 occupants of farms, 731 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 650 farm occupants who own their land, 649 horses aged 3 years and under, 615 ducks, 611 acres of barley, 609 acres of potatoes, 539 turkeys, 524 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 416 bushels of beans, 339 bushels of rye, Capacity of silos (tons): 330, 236 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 230 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 155 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 144 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 141 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 other fowl, 39 acres of turnips, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON057006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON107003 — 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). "Williamsburg, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/williamsburg-on057006-1891/.