Willoughby, Ontario (1891 census)

Willoughby was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,099. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8022201. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.006°N, 79.069°W.

Population

In 1891, Willoughby had a population of 1,099: 556 male and 543 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, Willoughby shared boundaries with:

• Bertie
• Chippawa, Village
• Crowland
• Humberstone
• Stamford

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,099 total population, 556 males, 543 females, 330 married persons, 213 families, 165 married females, 165 married males, 62 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 707 single persons under 18, 375 single males under 18, 332 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,099 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 209 houses, 209 occupied houses, 193 houses built of wood, 182 houses of 1 story, 131 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 2 stories, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 14 houses built of brick, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 64,903 pounds of homemade butter, 29,760 bushels of oats, 26,085 bushels of winter wheat, 17,348 acres of land in farms, 14,084 acres of improved land in farms, 10,606 acres of farmland under crops, 5,498 chickens, 5,391 tons of hay, 4,108 bushels of corn, 3,933 acres of hay crops, 3,264 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,105 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,976 bushels of barley, 2,864 bushels of potatoes, 2,557 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,058 bushels of peas, 2,052 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,016 acres of oats, 1,712 acres of wheat, 1,177 sheep, 755 swine slaughtered or sold, 751 sheep slaughtered or sold, 717 other cattle, 716 swine, 636 milk cows, 588 bushels of spring wheat, 543 horses aged over 3 years, 427 bushels of turnips, 373 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 341 cattle killed or sold, 323 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 280 acres of barley, 254 horses aged 3 years and under, 240 bushels of buckwheat, 201 occupants of farms, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 171 farm occupants who own their land, 171 geese, 167 turkeys, 166 ducks, 146 bushels of beans, 139 bushels of rye, 81 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 78 acres of potatoes, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON125013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q8022201
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willoughby_Township,_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). "Willoughby, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/willoughby-on125013-1891/.