Wainfleet, Ontario (1901 census)

Wainfleet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,008. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.935°N, 79.397°W.

Population

In 1901, Wainfleet had a population of 3,008: 1,601 male and 1,407 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Wainfleet shared boundaries with:

• Caistor
• Canboro
• Crowland
• Gainsborough
• Humberstone
• Moulton
• Pelham
• Thorold

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,008 total population, 1,601 males, 1,407 females, 974 single males, 763 single females, 640 families, 564 married males, 558 married females, 86 widowed females, 63 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 639 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 54,560 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON067014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424870
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainfleet,_Ontario

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Wainfleet, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wainfleet-on067014-1901/.