Woodbridge, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Woodbridge, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 762. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2593110. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.798°N, 79.587°W.

Population

In 1891, Woodbridge, VL had a population of 762: 362 male and 400 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).

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 Vaughan, 1881 (0.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Woodbridge, VL shared boundaries with:

• Vaughan

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 762 total population, 400 females, 362 males, 277 married persons, 161 families, 142 married females, 135 married males, 30 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 455 single persons under 18, 237 single females under 18, 218 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 762 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 159 houses, 159 occupied houses, 136 houses of 2 stories, 121 houses built of wood, 107 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses built of brick, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 1 story, 9 houses of 4 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,925 pounds of homemade butter, 4,135 bushels of oats, 3,719 bushels of potatoes, 1,815 bushels of winter wheat, 1,784 bushels of turnips, 1,482 chickens, 1,350 bushels of peas, 1,159 acres of land in farms, 1,083 bushels of barley, 892 acres of improved land in farms, 686 acres of farmland under crops, 360 bushels of spring wheat, 286 swine slaughtered or sold, 267 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 205 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 201 tons of hay, 165 swine, 163 occupants of farms, 159 acres of oats, 147 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 138 acres of hay crops, 127 acres of wheat, 122 horses aged over 3 years, 107 acres of farmland in pasture, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 87 farm occupants who rent their land, 76 farm occupants who own their land, 70 milk cows, 67 acres of potatoes, 44 acres of barley, 28 sheep slaughtered or sold, 27 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 cattle killed or sold, 22 ducks, 20 other cattle, 20 other fowl, 18 sheep, 12 turkeys, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 bushels of corn, 8 geese, 6 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 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 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: ON133007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON154023 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2593110
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge_(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). "Woodbridge, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodbridge-vl-on133007-1891/.