Peel, Ontario (1891 census)

Peel was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.722°N, 80.607°W.

Population

In 1891, Peel had a population of 4,253: 2,225 male and 2,028 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, Peel shared boundaries with:

• Arthur
• Drayton, VL
• Garafraxa W-O
• Maryborough
• Nichol
• Pilkington
• Wellesley
• Woolwich

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 4,253 total population, 2,225 males, 2,028 females, 1,317 married persons, 805 families, 659 married males, 658 married females, 144 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 56 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,792 single persons under 18, 1,510 single males under 18, 1,282 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,246 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 796 houses, 796 occupied houses, 597 houses of 1 story, 587 houses built of wood, 452 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 199 houses of 2 stories, 176 houses built of brick, 139 houses of 4 rooms, 99 houses of 5 rooms, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 33 houses built of stone, 30 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 323,150 bushels of oats, 187,177 pounds of homemade butter, 186,474 bushels of turnips, 175,473 bushels of barley, 71,898 acres of land in farms, 66,994 bushels of peas, 60,256 acres of improved land in farms, 49,584 acres of farmland under crops, 44,731 bushels of potatoes, 40,522 bushels of spring wheat, 30,866 chickens, 23,402 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 17,348 bushels of winter wheat, 15,597 tons of hay, 11,830 acres of oats, 11,642 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,329 acres of hay crops, 9,836 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,347 acres of barley, 6,396 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,069 swine, 5,243 sheep, 5,027 other cattle, 3,730 acres of wheat, 3,387 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,763 milk cows, 2,087 horses aged over 3 years, 2,083 cattle killed or sold, 1,648 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,546 geese, 1,341 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,081 horses aged 3 years and under, 944 ducks, 907 turkeys, 836 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 789 occupants of farms, 786 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 728 acres of turnips, 617 farm occupants who own their land, 475 acres of potatoes, 350 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 290 bushels of corn, Capacity of silos (tons): 200, 168 farm occupants who rent their land, 167 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 154 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 95 other fowl, 88 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 bushels of beans, 11 bushels of buckwheat, 6 oxen, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON126009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON152010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Peel, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/peel-on126009-1891/.