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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q6811207

Melancthon, Ontario (1891 census)

Melancthon was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,822. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6811207. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.148°N, 80.291°W.

Population

In 1891, Melancthon had a population of 3,822: 1,978 male and 1,844 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18611,359
18712,043
18813,099
18913,822
19013,831
19113,080
19212,804

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, Melancthon shared boundaries with:

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 3,822 total population, 1,978 males, 1,844 females, 1,240 married persons, 735 families, 622 married females, 618 married males, 127 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 52 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,455 single persons under 18, 1,308 single males under 18, 1,147 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,820 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 718 houses, 718 occupied houses, 670 houses built of wood, 485 houses of 2 stories, 237 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 233 houses of 1 story, 192 houses of 4 rooms, 116 houses of 5 rooms, 110 houses of 3 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 43 houses built of brick, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses built of stone, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 238,238 bushels of oats, 229,419 pounds of homemade butter, 123,605 bushels of turnips, 79,022 bushels of potatoes, 65,624 acres of land in farms, 50,278 bushels of peas, 43,239 acres of improved land in farms, 35,972 acres of farmland under crops, 31,333 bushels of barley, 30,588 bushels of spring wheat, 22,385 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,559 chickens, 13,018 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,424 acres of oats, 8,190 tons of hay, 6,862 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,212 acres of hay crops, 4,169 bushels of winter wheat, 3,050 sheep, 2,924 other cattle, 2,819 acres of wheat, 2,486 swine, 2,326 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,010 milk cows, 1,561 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,484 acres of barley, 1,320 horses aged over 3 years, 1,270 cattle killed or sold, 829 geese, 730 occupants of farms, 645 acres of potatoes, 539 horses aged 3 years and under, 527 farm occupants who own their land, 405 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 383 acres of turnips, 295 ducks, 287 turkeys, 268 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 201 farm occupants who rent their land, 180 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 180 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 177 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 147 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 92 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 90 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 75 bushels of beans, 65 bushels of corn, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 oxen, 19 other fowl, 9 bushels of buckwheat, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Melancthon, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/melancthon-on067005-1891/.