Winchester, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Winchester, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 962. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.090°N, 75.340°W.
Population
In 1891, Winchester, Village had a population of 962: 475 male and 487 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 962 |
| 1901 | 1,101 |
| 1911 | 1,143 |
| 1921 | 1,126 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Winchester, 1881 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Winchester, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 962 total population, 487 females, 475 males, 364 married persons, 194 families, 185 married females, 179 married males, 36 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 562 single persons under 18, 287 single males under 18, 275 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 939 persons who are not French Canadian, 23 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 194 houses, 194 occupied houses, 161 houses of 1 story, 146 houses built of wood, 115 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 45 houses built of brick, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,070 pounds of homemade butter, 2,023 bushels of potatoes, 1,835 bushels of oats, 1,606 bushels of barley, 1,445 chickens, 1,017 acres of land in farms, 797 acres of improved land in farms, 500 acres of farmland under crops, 476 tons of hay, 317 acres of hay crops, 289 cattle killed or sold, 250 bushels of turnips, 241 acres of farmland in pasture, 220 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 206 sheep slaughtered or sold, 170 occupants of farms, 156 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 125 farm occupants who own their land, 108 acres of oats, 102 swine slaughtered or sold, 99 milk cows, 86 acres of barley, 80 bushels of spring wheat, 56 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 47 swine, 44 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 bushels of corn, 36 other cattle, 32 bushels of buckwheat, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 26 ducks, 20 bushels of peas, 19 acres of potatoes, 18 other fowl, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9 sheep, 8 acres of wheat, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 geese, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 3 oxen, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON057008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON107008— 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). "Winchester, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/winchester-village-on057008-1891/.