Elora, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Elora, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,304. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5367201. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.686°N, 80.424°W.

Population

In 1891, Elora, VL had a population of 1,304: 624 male and 680 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, Elora, VL shared boundaries with:

• Nichol

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,304 total population, 680 females, 624 males, 408 married persons, 277 families, 204 married females, 204 married males, 82 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 814 single persons under 18, 412 single females under 18, 402 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,304 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 272 houses, 272 occupied houses, 193 houses of 1 story, 153 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 143 houses built of wood, 73 houses of 2 stories, 70 houses built of brick, 59 houses built of stone, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,779 pounds of homemade butter, 6,649 bushels of turnips, 5,185 bushels of oats, 4,934 bushels of potatoes, 1,545 chickens, 1,300 bushels of barley, 1,062 acres of land in farms, 1,046 acres of improved land in farms, 795 bushels of spring wheat, 544 acres of farmland under crops, 495 bushels of peas, 421 tons of hay, 408 acres of farmland in pasture, 347 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 252 occupants of farms, 244 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 207 acres of hay crops, 205 swine, 188 swine slaughtered or sold, 171 farm occupants who own their land, 165 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 127 sheep, 126 acres of oats, 123 horses aged over 3 years, 113 milk cows, 102 other cattle, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 94 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 81 farm occupants who rent their land, 49 sheep slaughtered or sold, 45 ducks, 41 acres of barley, 41 acres of wheat, 34 acres of potatoes, 30 geese, 21 acres of turnips, 20 cattle killed or sold, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14 turkeys, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 oxen, 1 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.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: ON126002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152020 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5367201
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elora,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elora

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). "Elora, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/elora-vl-on126002-1891/.