Adelaide, Ontario (1891 census)

Adelaide was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,616. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3525341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.999°N, 81.694°W.

Population

In 1891, Adelaide had a population of 2,616: 1,375 male and 1,241 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, Adelaide shared boundaries with:

• Caradoc
• Lobo
• Metcalfe
• Strathroy, Town—Ville
• Warwick
• Williams E
• Williams W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,616 total population, 1,375 males, 1,241 females, 826 married persons, 501 families, 413 married females, 413 married males, 131 widowed persons, 79 widowed females, 52 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,659 single persons under 18, 910 single males under 18, 749 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,615 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 500 houses, 500 occupied houses, 334 houses built of wood, 305 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 271 houses of 2 stories, 227 houses of 1 story, 165 houses built of brick, 58 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 53 houses of 5 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 136,752 bushels of oats, 116,202 pounds of homemade butter, 88,227 bushels of winter wheat, 43,967 acres of land in farms, 36,400 bushels of turnips, 34,952 acres of improved land in farms, 31,135 bushels of barley, 26,568 bushels of peas, 23,542 acres of farmland under crops, 19,993 bushels of potatoes, 18,578 chickens, 17,506 bushels of corn, 11,733 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,481 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,054 tons of hay, 9,015 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,929 bushels of spring wheat, 5,689 acres of hay crops, 5,223 acres of oats, 4,545 acres of wheat, 3,895 other cattle, 2,745 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,413 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,291 sheep, 1,970 cattle killed or sold, 1,907 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,714 swine, 1,560 milk cows, 1,498 acres of barley, 1,189 horses aged over 3 years, 929 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 671 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 634 horses aged 3 years and under, 501 occupants of farms, 482 geese, 453 turkeys, 428 farm occupants who own their land, 339 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 224 ducks, 217 acres of potatoes, 213 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 195 bushels of rye, 194 bushels of buckwheat, 170 bushels of beans, 101 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 95 acres of turnips, 92 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 71 farm occupants who rent their land, 60 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 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: ON093001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128001_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3525341
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Metcalfe

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). "Adelaide, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/adelaide-on093001-1891/.