Glenelg, Ontario (1891 census)

Glenelg was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,318. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261586. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.243°N, 80.737°W.

Population

In 1891, Glenelg had a population of 3,318: 1,704 male and 1,614 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, Glenelg shared boundaries with:

• Artemesia
• Bentinck
• Egremont
• Holland
• Markdale, VL

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,318 total population, 1,704 males, 1,614 females, 955 married persons, 612 families, 479 married males, 476 married females, 144 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 58 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,219 single persons under 18, 1,167 single males under 18, 1,052 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,317 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 599 occupied houses, 591 houses, 524 houses built of wood, 464 houses of 1 story, 200 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 138 houses of 3 rooms, 127 houses of 2 stories, 113 houses of 4 rooms, 72 houses of 2 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 43 houses built of brick, 25 uninhabited houses, 24 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 168,141 bushels of oats, 163,639 pounds of homemade butter, 91,558 bushels of turnips, 77,854 bushels of potatoes, 62,998 acres of land in farms, 57,628 bushels of peas, 39,841 acres of improved land in farms, 27,515 acres of farmland under crops, 23,157 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19,460 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 16,253 chickens, 12,947 bushels of spring wheat, 11,897 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,145 bushels of barley, 9,771 tons of hay, 9,348 bushels of winter wheat, 8,126 acres of hay crops, 7,672 acres of oats, 4,312 sheep, 3,947 other cattle, 3,201 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,619 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,402 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,314 acres of wheat, 2,167 milk cows, 1,845 swine, 1,680 cattle killed or sold, 1,269 bushels of corn, 1,178 horses aged over 3 years, 746 geese, 611 occupants of farms, 596 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 581 ducks, 543 farm occupants who own their land, 538 acres of barley, 459 acres of potatoes, 454 horses aged 3 years and under, 429 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 315 turkeys, 299 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 267 acres of turnips, 178 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 128 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 107 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 68 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 bushels of rye, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 other fowl, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 oxen, 18 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON069005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON114007_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261586

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). "Glenelg, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/glenelg-on069005-1891/.