Woodville (part), Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Woodville (part), Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 79.000°W.
Population
In 1891, Woodville (part), Village had a population of 323: 170 male and 153 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 323 |
| 1901 | 230 |
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 Eldon, 1881 (0.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Woodville (part), Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 323 total population, 170 males, 153 females, 95 married persons, 59 families, 49 married females, 46 married males, 13 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 215 single persons under 18, 120 single males under 18, 95 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 323 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 58 houses, 58 occupied houses, 40 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 34 houses built of wood, 24 houses built of brick, 18 houses of 1 story, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 3 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,125 bushels of oats, 3,530 bushels of turnips, 2,970 pounds of homemade butter, 2,649 acres of land in farms, 2,573 acres of improved land in farms, 2,030 bushels of potatoes, 1,900 bushels of barley, 1,825 bushels of spring wheat, 1,776 acres of farmland in pasture, 980 bushels of peas, 781 acres of farmland under crops, 551 chickens, 342 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 180 acres of oats, 156 acres of wheat, 151 tons of hay, 129 acres of hay crops, 84 acres of barley, 76 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 64 sheep, 57 swine slaughtered or sold, 55 cattle killed or sold, 55 occupants of farms, 49 horses aged over 3 years, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 milk cows, 34 farm occupants who rent their land, 28 other cattle, 21 farm occupants who own their land, 20 bushels of corn, 18 sheep slaughtered or sold, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 acres of potatoes, 14 acres of turnips, 14 swine, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 bushels of beans, 8 other fowl, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 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.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON121015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON119017— 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). "Woodville (part), Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/woodville-part-village-on121015-1891/.