Woodstock, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Woodstock, C (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Woodstock, C was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,612. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1642364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.125°N, 80.753°W.

Population

In 1891, Woodstock, C had a population of 8,612: 4,149 male and 4,463 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	8,612
1901	8,833
1911	9,320
1921	9,935

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, Woodstock, C shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	1,841
Number of families	1,841
Number of females	4,463
Number of males	4,149
Number of married females	1,562
Number of married males	1,559
Number of married persons	3,121
Number of widowed females	310
Number of widowed males	116
Number of widowed persons	426
POP F	4,463
POP M	4,149
POP TOT	8,612
Total population	8,612

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,591
Number of single males under 18	2,474
Number of single persons under 18	5,065

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	8
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	8,604

Buildings & housing (20 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	1,835
Number of houses built of brick	863
Number of houses built of stone	3
Number of houses built of wood	969
Number of houses of 1 room	4
Number of houses of 1 story	1,075
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	70
Number of houses of 2 rooms	21
Number of houses of 2 stories	734
Number of houses of 3 rooms	48
Number of houses of 3 stories	25
Number of houses of 4 rooms	199
Number of houses of 5 rooms	299
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	1,177
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	17
Number of houses under construction	8
Number of occupied houses	1,836
Number of uninhabited houses	134

Agriculture (63 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	33
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	306
Acres of farmland in pasture	128
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	25
Acres of farmland under crops	318
Acres of hay crops	219
Acres of improved land in farms	752
Acres of land in farms	777
Acres of oats	159
Acres of potatoes	120
Acres of turnips	37
Acres of wheat	113
BAR AC	33
BAR BU	810
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	810
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	50
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	10
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	682
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,665
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	680
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	12,286
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	100
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	345
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	7,726
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	1,094
BWT BU	10
CRN BU	682
HAY AC	219
HAY TONS	332
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	4
Number of chickens	5,060
Number of ducks	118
Number of farm occupants who own their land	433
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	262
Number of geese	9
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	51
Number of horses aged over 3 years	534
Number of milk cows	197
Number of occupants of farms	695
Number of other cattle	43
Number of other fowl	48
Number of oxen	7
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	686
Number of sheep	32
Number of swine	255
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	12
Number of turkeys	31
OAT AC	159
OAT BU	5,665
PEA BU	680
POT AC	120
POT BU	12,286
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	778
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	148
Pounds of homemade butter	6,791
RYE BU	100
Tons of hay produced in the past year	332
WHT AC	113
WHT FALL BU	1,094
WHT SP BU	345

Other recorded variables (67 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	7
A 51 100	1
BEN BU	50
BUTTER LB	6,791
CATTLE KS	4
CHEESE LB	778
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,591
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,474
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	5,065
COARSE WOOL LB	148
COLTS FILLIES	51
DUCKS	118
FAMILIES	1,841
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	8
GEESE	9
HENS AND CHKN	5,060
HORSES OVR THREE	534
HOUSES	1,835
HOUSES B	863
HOUSES CON	8
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	70
HOUSES FIVE RM	299
HOUSES FOUR RM	199
HOUSES ONE RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	1,075
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	3
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	1,177
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	17
HOUSES THREE RM	48
HOUSES THREE STRY	25
HOUSES TWO RM	21
HOUSES TWO STRY	734
HOUSES UNINH	134
HOUSES W	969
INF 11 A	686
MD FEM	1,562
MD MALE	1,559
MD TOT	3,121
MILK COWS	197
NAME CD	Oxford, North—Nord
OC F	262
OC P	433
OC TOT	695
OTHER FOWL	48
OTHER HRN CATTLE	43
OTHERS	8,604
SHEEP	32
SUP AM	752
SUP FOR	25
SUP JV	306
SUP PAT	128
SUP SC	318
SUP TOT	777
SWINE	255
SWINE KS	12
TOT DWLG OCC	1,836
TUR AC	37
TUR BU	7,726
TURKEY	31
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	310
WID MALE	116
WID TOT	426
WORKING OX	7

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON105006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON134012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1642364
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Ontario
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(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). "Woodstock, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodstock-c-on105006-1891/.