Windsor, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Windsor, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 10,322. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q182625. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.310°N, 83.044°W.

Population

In 1891, Windsor, C had a population of 10,322: 5,122 male and 5,200 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, Windsor, C shared boundaries with:

• Sandwich W-O

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 10,322 total population, 5,200 females, 5,122 males, 3,744 married persons, 2,064 families, 1,872 married females, 1,872 married males, 494 widowed persons, 363 widowed females, 131 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 6,084 single persons under 18, 3,119 single males under 18, 2,965 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 9,114 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,208 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,990 occupied houses, 1,986 houses, 1,757 houses built of wood, 1,194 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 997 houses of 1 story, 956 houses of 2 stories, 311 houses of 5 rooms, 228 houses built of brick, 214 houses of 4 rooms, 94 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 86 houses of 3 rooms, 62 uninhabited houses, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 41 houses under construction, 32 houses of 3 stories, 27 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,131 bushels of oats, 4,912 bushels of corn, 4,285 chickens, 2,890 acres of land in farms, 2,207 acres of improved land in farms, 1,576 bushels of turnips, 1,345 acres of farmland under crops, 1,219 bushels of winter wheat, 1,120 pounds of homemade butter, 710 bushels of potatoes, 683 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 634 acres of farmland in pasture, 501 horses aged over 3 years, 360 tons of hay, 277 acres of hay crops, 277 bushels of peas, 251 milk cows, 228 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 219 acres of oats, 169 occupants of farms, 163 ducks, 159 swine, 135 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 127 bushels of spring wheat, 100 farm occupants who own their land, 88 acres of wheat, 75 bushels of rye, 66 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 bushels of barley, 56 swine slaughtered or sold, 42 other cattle, 37 cattle killed or sold, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 geese, 14 turkeys, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 12 other fowl, 10 acres of potatoes, 9 sheep slaughtered or sold, 8 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 5, 4 sheep, 3 acres of barley, 3 employees on farms, 3 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 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: ON062010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q182625
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_(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). "Windsor, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/windsor-c-on062010-1891/.