Thessalon (Western Division), Ontario (1891 census)
Thessalon (Western Division) was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,160. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q998994. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.276°N, 83.493°W.
Population
In 1891, Thessalon (Western Division) had a population of 1,160: 634 male and 526 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Thessalon, Town—Ville, 1901 (2.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Thessalon (Western Division) shared boundaries with:
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 1,160 total population, 634 males, 526 females, 389 married persons, 223 families, 197 married females, 192 married males, 41 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 730 single persons under 18, 427 single males under 18, 303 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,042 persons who are not French Canadian, 118 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 215 occupied houses, 186 houses, 186 houses built of wood, 180 houses of 1 story, 69 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 29 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,066 acres of land in farms, 17,585 pounds of homemade butter, 16,800 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,362 bushels of oats, 6,728 bushels of potatoes, 4,695 bushels of turnips, 3,266 acres of improved land in farms, 2,694 bushels of peas, 2,580 acres of farmland under crops, 1,890 chickens, 1,334 tons of hay, 1,283 acres of hay crops, 754 bushels of barley, 637 acres of farmland in pasture, 554 acres of oats, 470 bushels of spring wheat, 400 bushels of winter wheat, 396 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 394 swine, 331 other cattle, 276 swine slaughtered or sold, 221 horses aged over 3 years, 220 milk cows, 159 cattle killed or sold, 152 occupants of farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 114 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 97 acres of wheat, 90 geese, 90 sheep, 85 bushels of buckwheat, 68 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 acres of potatoes, 55 bushels of corn, 54 acres of barley, 54 horses aged 3 years and under, 49 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 ducks, 44 turkeys, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 28 oxen, 25 sheep slaughtered or sold, 23 acres of turnips, 21 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 19 other fowl, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046024— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q998994
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalon
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). "Thessalon (Western Division), Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/thessalon-western-division-on046024-1891/.