Hespeler, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Hespeler, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,482. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5745772. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.421°N, 80.311°W.

Population

In 1891, Hespeler, T-V had a population of 1,482: 688 male and 794 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, Hespeler, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Waterloo S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,482 total population, 794 females, 688 males, 452 married persons, 281 families, 226 married females, 226 married males, 57 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 973 single persons under 18, 520 single females under 18, 453 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,478 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 281 houses, 281 occupied houses, 181 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 168 houses of 1 story, 166 houses built of wood, 111 houses of 2 stories, 88 houses built of stone, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses built of brick, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,300 bushels of turnips, 4,157 pounds of homemade butter, 2,529 bushels of oats, 2,211 bushels of potatoes, 1,039 chickens, 900 bushels of winter wheat, 500 bushels of barley, 380 bushels of peas, 275 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 224 acres of land in farms, 204 acres of improved land in farms, 140 tons of hay, 136 acres of farmland under crops, 91 swine, 84 acres of oats, 80 bushels of spring wheat, 76 horses aged over 3 years, 75 acres of hay crops, 70 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 68 bushels of rye, 68 milk cows, 60 bushels of corn, 59 acres of wheat, 58 ducks, 50 occupants of farms, 50 other cattle, 49 acres of farmland in pasture, 47 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 45 farm occupants who own their land, 24 acres of turnips, 24 cattle killed or sold, 23 swine slaughtered or sold, 21 acres of potatoes, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 19 acres of barley, 19 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 other fowl, 12 sheep, 8 geese, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 turkeys, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON124004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON150008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5745772
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hespeler,_Ontario

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). "Hespeler, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hespeler-t-v-on124004-1891/.