Pelee Island, Ontario (1891 census)

Pelee Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 605. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7161269. The administrative centroid was at approximately 41.776°N, 82.658°W.

Population

In 1891, Pelee Island had a population of 605: 330 male and 275 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 605 total population, 330 males, 275 females, 226 married persons, 135 families, 113 married females, 113 married males, 15 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 364 single persons under 18, 212 single males under 18, 152 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 595 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 132 occupied houses, 131 houses, 128 houses built of wood, 80 houses of 1 story, 53 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 2 stories, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 48,930 bushels of corn, 39,475 pounds of homemade butter, 13,260 bushels of winter wheat, 8,640 bushels of potatoes, 7,005 acres of land in farms, 6,730 bushels of turnips, 5,208 acres of improved land in farms, 4,460 bushels of oats, 3,287 chickens, 3,245 acres of farmland under crops, 1,811 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,797 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 777 acres of wheat, 761 swine, 676 swine slaughtered or sold, 663 bushels of barley, 557 tons of hay, 374 acres of hay crops, 311 other cattle, 264 milk cows, 254 horses aged over 3 years, 184 bushels of spring wheat, 160 acres of oats, 160 ducks, 152 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 144 cattle killed or sold, 136 geese, 136 occupants of farms, 99 farm occupants who own their land, 95 turkeys, 88 acres of potatoes, 78 bushels of beans, 76 horses aged 3 years and under, 75 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 74 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 53 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 39 sheep, 37 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 acres of barley, 29 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 oxen, 11 acres of turnips, 8 other fowl, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON063011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110009_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7161269

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). "Pelee Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pelee-island-on063011-1891/.