Windham, Ontario (1891 census)

Windham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,252. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263166. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.915°N, 80.425°W.

Population

In 1891, Windham had a population of 4,252: 2,226 male and 2,026 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, Windham shared boundaries with:

• Burford
• Charlotteville
• Middleton
• Norwich N
• Norwich S
• Townsend
• Woodhouse

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,252 total population, 2,226 males, 2,026 females, 1,638 married persons, 931 families, 819 married females, 819 married males, 168 widowed persons, 96 widowed females, 72 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,446 single persons under 18, 1,335 single males under 18, 1,111 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,249 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 921 houses, 921 occupied houses, 844 houses built of wood, 640 houses of 1 story, 479 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 279 houses of 2 stories, 120 houses of 4 rooms, 106 houses of 5 rooms, 88 houses of 3 rooms, 86 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 78 uninhabited houses, 69 houses built of brick, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 161,574 pounds of homemade butter, 121,721 bushels of corn, 111,623 bushels of winter wheat, 107,332 bushels of turnips, 87,457 bushels of oats, 63,183 acres of land in farms, 54,271 bushels of peas, 48,889 acres of improved land in farms, 46,975 bushels of potatoes, 40,863 acres of farmland under crops, 24,465 chickens, 19,428 bushels of rye, 15,956 bushels of buckwheat, 14,294 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,556 bushels of barley, 9,812 tons of hay, 9,647 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,546 acres of hay crops, 6,389 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,343 swine, 6,210 acres of wheat, 6,120 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,788 acres of oats, 4,038 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,151 sheep, 2,662 milk cows, 2,190 other cattle, 2,010 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,906 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,781 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,773 horses aged over 3 years, 1,055 cattle killed or sold, 913 occupants of farms, 759 bushels of beans, 711 horses aged 3 years and under, 677 farm occupants who own their land, 652 geese, 641 acres of barley, 624 turkeys, 602 acres of potatoes, 589 bushels of spring wheat, 473 ducks, 308 acres of turnips, 275 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 271 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 266 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 230 farm occupants who rent their land, 202 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 141 other fowl, 133 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 81 oxen, 37 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON097006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131007_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263166

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). "Windham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/windham-on097006-1891/.