Enniskillen, Ontario (1891 census)

Enniskillen was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,006. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261401. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.845°N, 82.121°W.

Population

In 1891, Enniskillen had a population of 5,006: 2,728 male and 2,278 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, Enniskillen shared boundaries with:

• Brooke
• Dawn
• Moore
• Oil Springs, VL
• Petrolia, T-V
• Plympton
• Sarnia

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 5,006 total population, 2,728 males, 2,278 females, 1,778 married persons, 1,003 families, 890 married males, 888 married females, 132 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,096 single persons under 18, 1,782 single males under 18, 1,314 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,991 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,000 occupied houses, 969 houses, 954 houses built of wood, 587 houses of 1 story, 380 houses of 2 stories, 334 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 202 houses of 4 rooms, 186 houses of 5 rooms, 159 houses of 3 rooms, 56 houses of 2 rooms, 31 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 27 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 12 houses of 1 room, 6 houses under construction, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 184,396 pounds of homemade butter, 144,775 bushels of oats, 64,130 acres of land in farms, 51,156 bushels of winter wheat, 40,827 acres of improved land in farms, 29,299 acres of farmland under crops, 23,303 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,143 bushels of peas, 20,695 bushels of barley, 20,635 chickens, 16,533 bushels of potatoes, 14,544 bushels of spring wheat, 12,956 bushels of turnips, 11,507 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,646 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,786 tons of hay, 7,749 bushels of corn, 6,937 acres of hay crops, 6,492 acres of oats, 4,417 acres of wheat, 4,001 other cattle, 2,268 cattle killed or sold, 2,252 sheep, 2,197 milk cows, 2,147 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,045 swine, 1,656 horses aged over 3 years, 1,464 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,301 acres of barley, 1,157 turkeys, 871 occupants of farms, 722 ducks, 691 farm occupants who own their land, 683 geese, 654 horses aged 3 years and under, 327 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 245 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 237 acres of potatoes, 221 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 205 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 154 farm occupants who rent their land, 141 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 104 other fowl, 96 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 88 bushels of beans, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 59 bushels of buckwheat, 58 acres of turnips, 26 employees on farms, 23 oxen, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of rye. (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: ON081005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122004_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261401

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). "Enniskillen, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/enniskillen-on081005-1891/.