Fenelon, Ontario (1891 census)

Fenelon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,809. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5443317. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.484°N, 78.789°W.

Population

In 1891, Fenelon had a population of 2,809: 1,450 male and 1,359 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, Fenelon shared boundaries with:

• Bexley
• Eldon
• Fenelon Falls, VL
• Mariposa
• Ops
• Somerville
• Verulam

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,809 total population, 1,450 males, 1,359 females, 901 married persons, 529 families, 451 married males, 450 married females, 99 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,809 single persons under 18, 953 single males under 18, 856 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,804 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 525 occupied houses, 517 houses, 445 houses built of wood, 272 houses of 1 story, 250 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 245 houses of 2 stories, 98 houses of 4 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 53 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 148,109 bushels of turnips, 124,387 bushels of oats, 106,020 pounds of homemade butter, 60,262 bushels of spring wheat, 48,822 bushels of potatoes, 48,314 acres of land in farms, 46,752 bushels of barley, 38,867 bushels of peas, 33,548 acres of improved land in farms, 24,955 acres of farmland under crops, 16,637 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15,489 chickens, 14,766 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,194 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,967 bushels of winter wheat, 5,785 acres of oats, 5,675 acres of wheat, 4,639 acres of hay crops, 4,437 tons of hay, 3,414 sheep, 2,551 acres of barley, 2,521 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,382 swine, 2,293 other cattle, 1,988 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,890 bushels of rye, 1,655 milk cows, 1,140 horses aged over 3 years, 1,043 bushels of buckwheat, 1,008 cattle killed or sold, 931 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 780 bushels of corn, 727 geese, 685 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 598 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 509 occupants of farms, 457 horses aged 3 years and under, 407 acres of potatoes, 402 farm occupants who own their land, 400 acres of turnips, 399 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 333 turkeys, 202 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 199 bushels of beans, 192 ducks, 116 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 112 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 104 farm occupants who rent their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 92, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 39 other fowl, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON121006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON149007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5443317
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenelon_Township

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). "Fenelon, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fenelon-on121006-1891/.