Delaware, Ontario (1891 census)

Delaware was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,549. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.875°N, 81.376°W.

Population

In 1891, Delaware had a population of 2,549: 1,313 male and 1,236 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, Delaware shared boundaries with:

• Caradoc
• Lobo
• London
• Southwold
• Westminster

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,549 total population, 1,313 males, 1,236 females, 882 married persons, 548 families, 441 married females, 441 married males, 136 widowed persons, 87 widowed females, 49 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,531 single persons under 18, 823 single males under 18, 708 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,548 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 531 occupied houses, 507 houses, 434 houses built of wood, 294 houses of 1 story, 208 houses of 2 stories, 205 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 99 houses of 2 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 40 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 93,533 pounds of homemade butter, 81,998 bushels of oats, 55,521 bushels of winter wheat, 36,250 bushels of corn, 32,816 bushels of potatoes, 28,726 acres of land in farms, 27,431 bushels of turnips, 23,884 acres of improved land in farms, 16,105 acres of farmland under crops, 11,151 chickens, 10,510 bushels of peas, 7,092 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,934 bushels of barley, 6,866 tons of hay, 4,978 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,842 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,992 acres of hay crops, 3,092 acres of oats, 2,756 acres of wheat, 2,364 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,985 other cattle, 1,772 swine, 1,423 cattle killed or sold, 1,383 milk cows, 1,383 turkeys, 1,238 sheep, 1,005 sheep slaughtered or sold, 941 bushels of rye, 919 horses aged over 3 years, 768 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 687 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 632 bushels of beans, 589 bushels of buckwheat, 575 bushels of spring wheat, 569 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 485 occupants of farms, 457 ducks, 427 farm occupants who own their land, 380 acres of barley, 355 acres of potatoes, 335 geese, 331 horses aged 3 years and under, 187 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 159 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 111 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 110 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 105 other fowl, 80 acres of turnips, 65 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 oxen, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON092002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON128004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261257

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). "Delaware, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/delaware-on092002-1891/.