Hespeler, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hespeler, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Hespeler, Village was a village 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, Village had a population of 1,482: 688 male and 794 female residents. Population density was 1477.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	604
1871	797
1881	698
1891	1,482
1901	2,457
1911	2,368
1921	2,777

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, Village shared boundaries with:

Waterloo S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.30
FAM NO	281
Number of families	281
Number of females	794
Number of males	688
Number of married females	226
Number of married males	226
Number of married persons	452
Number of widowed females	48
Number of widowed males	9
Number of widowed persons	57
POP F	794
POP M	688
POP TOT	1,482
Total population	1,482

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	520
Number of single males under 18	453
Number of single persons under 18	973

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	4
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,478

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	281
Number of houses built of brick	27
Number of houses built of stone	88
Number of houses built of wood	166
Number of houses of 1 story	168
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	12
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	111
Number of houses of 3 rooms	14
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	38
Number of houses of 5 rooms	29
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	181
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	5
Number of occupied houses	281
Number of uninhabited houses	3

Agriculture (59 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	19
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	19
Acres of farmland in pasture	49
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	20
Acres of farmland under crops	136
Acres of hay crops	75
Acres of improved land in farms	204
Acres of land in farms	224
Acres of oats	84
Acres of potatoes	21
Acres of turnips	24
Acres of wheat	59
BAR AC	19
BAR BU	500
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	500
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	60
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,529
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	380
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,211
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	68
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	80
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	9,300
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	900
CRN BU	60
HAY AC	75
HAY TONS	140
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	24
Number of chickens	1,039
Number of ducks	58
Number of farm occupants who own their land	45
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	5
Number of geese	8
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	8
Number of horses aged over 3 years	76
Number of milk cows	68
Number of occupants of farms	50
Number of other cattle	50
Number of other fowl	12
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	47
Number of sheep	12
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	5
Number of swine	91
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	23
Number of turkeys	5
OAT AC	84
OAT BU	2,529
PEA BU	380
POT AC	21
POT BU	2,211
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	275
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	70
Pounds of homemade butter	4,157
RYE BU	68
Tons of hay produced in the past year	140
WHT AC	59
WHT FALL BU	900
WHT SP BU	80

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
A 51 100	2
BUTTER LB	4,157
CATTLE KS	24
CHEESE LB	275
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	520
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	453
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	973
COLTS FILLIES	8
DUCKS	58
FAMILIES	281
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.30
FINE WOOL LB	70
FRN CA	4
GEESE	8
HENS AND CHKN	1,039
HORSES OVR THREE	76
HOUSES	281
HOUSES B	27
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	12
HOUSES FIVE RM	29
HOUSES FOUR RM	38
HOUSES ONE STRY	168
HOUSES S	88
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	181
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	5
HOUSES THREE RM	14
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	111
HOUSES UNINH	3
HOUSES W	166
INF 11 A	47
MD FEM	226
MD MALE	226
MD TOT	452
MILK COWS	68
NAME CD	Waterloo, South-Sud
OC F	5
OC P	45
OC TOT	50
OTHER FOWL	12
OTHER HRN CATTLE	50
OTHERS	1,478
SHEEP	12
SHEEP KS	5
SUP AM	204
SUP FOR	20
SUP JV	19
SUP PAT	49
SUP SC	136
SUP TOT	224
SWINE	91
SWINE KS	23
TOT DWLG OCC	281
TUR AC	24
TUR BU	9,300
TURKEY	5
WID FEM	48
WID MALE	9
WID TOT	57

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, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hespeler-village-on124004-1891/.