Mersea, Ontario (1891 census)

Mersea was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,788. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262309. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.083°N, 82.548°W.

Population

In 1891, Mersea had a population of 3,788: 2,014 male and 1,774 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, Mersea shared boundaries with:

• Gosfield
• Leamington, T-V
• Rochester
• Romney
• Tilbury

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,788 total population, 2,014 males, 1,774 females, 1,345 married persons, 751 families, 674 married males, 671 married females, 99 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,344 single persons under 18, 1,294 single males under 18, 1,050 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,683 persons who are not French Canadian, 105 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 736 occupied houses, 731 houses, 626 houses built of wood, 506 houses of 2 stories, 323 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 224 houses of 1 story, 117 houses of 4 rooms, 103 houses built of brick, 85 houses of 5 rooms, 81 houses of 3 rooms, 77 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 465,567 bushels of corn, 205,612 pounds of homemade butter, 113,595 bushels of oats, 68,839 bushels of winter wheat, 49,165 acres of land in farms, 34,430 acres of improved land in farms, 28,649 acres of farmland under crops, 26,444 bushels of potatoes, 22,654 chickens, 15,351 bushels of turnips, 14,735 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,265 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,858 bushels of barley, 8,701 swine slaughtered or sold, 8,015 swine, 7,432 tons of hay, 5,098 acres of hay crops, 4,611 acres of oats, 4,400 acres of wheat, 4,268 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,924 bushels of peas, 3,499 bushels of buckwheat, 3,036 other cattle, 2,833 bushels of spring wheat, 2,756 sheep, 2,542 bushels of beans, 2,182 milk cows, 2,063 bushels of rye, 1,722 horses aged over 3 years, 1,630 cattle killed or sold, 1,513 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,481 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,408 geese, 867 horses aged 3 years and under, 800 acres of barley, 673 occupants of farms, 616 farm occupants who own their land, 458 ducks, 358 turkeys, 331 acres of potatoes, 311 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 264 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 230 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 176 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 165 other fowl, 83 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 80 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 67 acres of turnips, 57 farm occupants who rent their land, 43 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 20 oxen, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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: ON063010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110008_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262309

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). "Mersea, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/mersea-on063010-1891/.