Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph, Ontario (1891 census)
Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,034. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.045°N, 77.526°W.
Population
In 1891, Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph had a population of 1,034: 533 male and 501 female residents. Population density was 5.1 people per square mile.
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, Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.80 |
| FAM NO | 179 |
| Number of families | 179 |
| Number of females | 501 |
| Number of males | 533 |
| Number of married females | 162 |
| Number of married males | 161 |
| Number of married persons | 323 |
| Number of widowed females | 15 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| POP F | 501 |
| POP M | 533 |
| POP TOT | 1,034 |
| Total population | 1,034 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 324 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 360 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 684 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 166 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 868 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 174 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 174 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 156 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 27 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 18 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 42 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 47 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 174 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 8 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 51 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,049 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 22,926 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,367 |
| Acres of hay crops | 1,391 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,467 |
| Acres of land in farms | 26,393 |
| Acres of oats | 819 |
| Acres of potatoes | 131 |
| Acres of turnips | 19 |
| Acres of wheat | 40 |
| BAR AC | 8 |
| BAR BU | 103 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 103 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 89 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,007 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 333 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,215 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2,899 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 13,323 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 838 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 278 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,221 |
| BWT BU | 1,007 |
| CRN BU | 333 |
| HAY AC | 1,391 |
| HAY TONS | 1,384 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 131 |
| Number of chickens | 2,424 |
| Number of ducks | 32 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 148 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 12 |
| Number of geese | 74 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 57 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 192 |
| Number of milk cows | 400 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 160 |
| Number of other cattle | 549 |
| Number of other fowl | 11 |
| Number of oxen | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 65 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 39 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 29 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 22 |
| Number of sheep | 486 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 139 |
| Number of swine | 268 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 262 |
| Number of turkeys | 70 |
| OAT AC | 819 |
| OAT BU | 14,215 |
| PEA BU | 2,899 |
| POT AC | 131 |
| POT BU | 13,323 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 2,110 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 32,608 |
| RYE BU | 838 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,384 |
| WHT AC | 40 |
| WHT SP BU | 278 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 65 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 29 |
| A 51 100 | 39 |
| BEN BU | 89 |
| BUTTER LB | 32,608 |
| CATTLE KS | 131 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 324 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 360 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 684 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 2,110 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 57 |
| DUCKS | 32 |
| FAMILIES | 179 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.80 |
| FRN CA | 166 |
| GEESE | 74 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,424 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 192 |
| HOUSES | 174 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 42 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 156 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 47 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 21 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 27 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 18 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 8 |
| HOUSES W | 174 |
| INF 11 A | 22 |
| MD FEM | 162 |
| MD MALE | 161 |
| MD TOT | 323 |
| MILK COWS | 400 |
| NAME CD | Renfrew, North-Nord |
| OC F | 12 |
| OC P | 148 |
| OC TOT | 160 |
| OTHER FOWL | 11 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 549 |
| OTHERS | 868 |
| SHEEP | 486 |
| SHEEP KS | 139 |
| SUP AM | 3,467 |
| SUP FOR | 22,926 |
| SUP JV | 51 |
| SUP PAT | 1,049 |
| SUP SC | 2,367 |
| SUP TOT | 26,393 |
| SWINE | 268 |
| SWINE KS | 262 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 174 |
| TUR AC | 19 |
| TUR BU | 2,221 |
| TURKEY | 70 |
| WID FEM | 15 |
| WID MALE | 12 |
| WID TOT | 27 |
| WORKING OX | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON114004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON116005 — 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). "Buchanan, Wylie & Rolph, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/buchanan-wylie-rolph-on114004-1891/.