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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q424870

Wainfleet, Ontario (1891 census)

Wainfleet was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,945. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.935°N, 79.397°W.

Population

In 1891, Wainfleet had a population of 2,945: 1,540 male and 1,405 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18712,673
18812,996
18912,945
19013,008
19112,764
19212,582

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, Wainfleet 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 2,945 total population, 1,540 males, 1,405 females, 1,043 married persons, 619 families, 523 married males, 520 married females, 141 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 53 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,761 single persons under 18, 964 single males under 18, 797 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,943 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 619 occupied houses, 606 houses, 570 houses built of wood, 429 houses of 2 stories, 282 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 177 houses of 1 story, 92 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 3 rooms, 61 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 33 houses built of brick, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 13 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 142,629 pounds of homemade butter, 73,085 bushels of winter wheat, 55,718 bushels of oats, 46,909 acres of land in farms, 32,258 acres of improved land in farms, 24,500 bushels of corn, 24,279 acres of farmland under crops, 19,769 bushels of potatoes, 17,810 bushels of peas, 15,525 chickens, 14,652 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,314 bushels of buckwheat, 10,982 tons of hay, 6,905 acres of hay crops, 6,703 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,723 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,323 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,645 bushels of barley, 4,566 acres of wheat, 4,322 bushels of turnips, 3,711 bushels of rye, 3,329 acres of oats, 2,420 swine slaughtered or sold, 2,200 sheep, 1,889 other cattle, 1,872 bushels of spring wheat, 1,852 swine, 1,768 milk cows, 1,657 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,335 horses aged over 3 years, 1,276 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 930 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 777 cattle killed or sold, 732 bushels of beans, 581 occupants of farms, 550 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 545 horses aged 3 years and under, 466 farm occupants who own their land, 453 geese, 400 ducks, 391 acres of barley, 317 turkeys, 274 acres of potatoes, 171 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 160 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 118 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 115 farm occupants who rent their land, 115 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 95 oxen, 53 other fowl, 23 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Wainfleet, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wainfleet-on094009-1891/.