Ellice, Ontario (1891 census)
Ellice was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,384. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.469°N, 81.005°W.
Population
In 1891, Ellice had a population of 3,384: 1,736 male and 1,648 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,328 |
| 1861 | 2,616 |
| 1871 | 2,886 |
| 1881 | 3,275 |
| 1891 | 3,384 |
| 1901 | 3,367 |
| 1911 | 2,940 |
| 1921 | 2,871 |
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, Ellice shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,384 total population, 1,736 males, 1,648 females, 1,020 married persons, 577 families, 511 married females, 509 married males, 124 widowed persons, 85 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,240 single persons under 18, 1,188 single males under 18, 1,052 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,384 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 575 occupied houses, 565 houses, 473 houses built of wood, 455 houses of 1 story, 253 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 110 houses of 2 stories, 88 houses of 4 rooms, 79 houses built of brick, 77 houses of 3 rooms, 63 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 27 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 13 houses built of stone, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 215,195 pounds of homemade butter, 209,120 bushels of oats, 89,092 bushels of turnips, 60,165 bushels of winter wheat, 51,810 bushels of peas, 46,221 acres of land in farms, 38,223 bushels of potatoes, 37,211 acres of improved land in farms, 30,388 bushels of barley, 29,692 acres of farmland under crops, 22,245 chickens, 13,716 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,374 tons of hay, 10,185 bushels of spring wheat, 9,010 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,012 acres of hay crops, 6,943 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,934 acres of oats, 4,236 acres of wheat, 3,867 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,762 other cattle, 3,527 swine, 2,744 sheep, 2,279 milk cows, 1,998 geese, 1,899 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,717 cattle killed or sold, 1,293 horses aged over 3 years, 1,286 acres of barley, 989 ducks, 635 horses aged 3 years and under, 606 turkeys, 576 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 572 occupants of farms, 530 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 474 farm occupants who own their land, 386 acres of potatoes, 293 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 269 acres of turnips, 210 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 141 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 115 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 farm occupants who rent their land, 85 bushels of rye, 83 bushels of beans, 83 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 65 bushels of corn, 46 other fowl, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 oxen, 2 bushels of buckwheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON108001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON137005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261388
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). "Ellice, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ellice-on108001-1891/.