Raleigh, Ontario (1891 census)
Raleigh was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,955. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.306°N, 82.188°W.
Population
In 1891, Raleigh had a population of 4,955: 2,616 male and 2,339 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,460 |
| 1861 | 3,750 |
| 1881 | 5,298 |
| 1891 | 4,955 |
| 1901 | 4,844 |
| 1911 | 4,400 |
| 1921 | 4,343 |
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, Raleigh shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,955 total population, 2,616 males, 2,339 females, 1,633 married persons, 998 families, 818 married males, 815 married females, 191 widowed persons, 112 widowed females, 79 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,131 single persons under 18, 1,719 single males under 18, 1,412 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,766 persons who are not French Canadian, 189 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 983 occupied houses, 973 houses, 899 houses built of wood, 539 houses of 1 story, 434 houses of 2 stories, 417 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 172 houses of 4 rooms, 154 houses of 5 rooms, 111 houses of 3 rooms, 86 uninhabited houses, 74 houses built of brick, 54 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 9 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 282,361 bushels of corn, 220,927 pounds of homemade butter, 143,322 bushels of oats, 127,836 bushels of winter wheat, 65,548 acres of land in farms, 55,724 acres of improved land in farms, 54,762 bushels of beans, 41,172 acres of farmland under crops, 33,071 bushels of potatoes, 31,017 bushels of spring wheat, 29,767 chickens, 24,937 bushels of barley, 14,905 bushels of turnips, 13,685 bushels of peas, 12,449 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,938 tons of hay, 11,775 swine, 10,535 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,124 swine slaughtered or sold, 9,824 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,097 acres of wheat, 7,424 acres of hay crops, 5,703 acres of oats, 4,327 other cattle, 2,715 sheep, 2,611 milk cows, 2,437 horses aged over 3 years, 2,430 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,256 cattle killed or sold, 1,990 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,836 turkeys, 1,551 geese, 1,338 acres of barley, 1,254 horses aged 3 years and under, 1,135 ducks, 1,059 sheep slaughtered or sold, 951 occupants of farms, 748 other fowl, 668 farm occupants who own their land, 665 bushels of buckwheat, 364 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 345 acres of potatoes, 274 farm occupants who rent their land, 269 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 266 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 248 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 238 bushels of rye, 127 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 acres of turnips, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 25, 20 oxen, 9 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON079005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON121007— 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). "Raleigh, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/raleigh-on079005-1891/.