Pelham, Ontario (1891 census)

Pelham was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,554. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448041. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.040°N, 79.336°W.

Population

In 1891, Pelham had a population of 2,554: 1,309 male and 1,245 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, Pelham shared boundaries with:

• Clinton
• Gainsborough
• Louth
• Thorold
• Wainfleet

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,554 total population, 1,309 males, 1,245 females, 987 married persons, 562 families, 495 married females, 492 married males, 129 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,438 single persons under 18, 766 single males under 18, 672 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,553 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 556 occupied houses, 554 houses, 488 houses built of wood, 373 houses of 1 story, 311 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 178 houses of 2 stories, 73 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 62 houses of 5 rooms, 61 houses built of brick, 60 houses of 4 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 139,369 pounds of homemade butter, 60,211 bushels of winter wheat, 47,000 bushels of potatoes, 45,594 bushels of oats, 37,623 bushels of corn, 29,314 acres of land in farms, 24,154 acres of improved land in farms, 18,733 acres of farmland under crops, 14,938 chickens, 9,459 tons of hay, 7,115 bushels of peas, 6,291 acres of hay crops, 5,986 bushels of turnips, 5,160 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,835 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,733 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,617 acres of wheat, 3,033 bushels of barley, 2,796 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,587 acres of oats, 2,238 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,034 bushels of buckwheat, 2,024 swine, 1,805 sheep, 1,688 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,381 other cattle, 1,284 horses aged over 3 years, 1,186 milk cows, 748 sheep slaughtered or sold, 746 bushels of beans, 641 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 589 acres of potatoes, 557 occupants of farms, 548 cattle killed or sold, 504 bushels of rye, 435 farm occupants who own their land, 367 horses aged 3 years and under, 367 turkeys, 360 ducks, 304 geese, 203 acres of barley, 188 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 169 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 151 bushels of spring wheat, 123 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 115 farm occupants who rent their land, 68 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 50, 46 other fowl, 35 oxen, 30 acres of turnips, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON094007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q448041
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_(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). "Pelham, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/pelham-on094007-1891/.