Wallace, Ontario (1891 census)

Wallace was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,237. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115263091. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.781°N, 80.918°W.

Population

In 1891, Wallace had a population of 3,237: 1,670 male and 1,567 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, Wallace shared boundaries with:

• Elma
• Grey
• Howick
• Maryborough
• Minto
• Palmerston, Town—Ville

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 3,237 total population, 1,670 males, 1,567 females, 1,095 married persons, 591 families, 549 married females, 546 married males, 66 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,076 single persons under 18, 1,095 single males under 18, 981 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,236 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 566 houses, 566 occupied houses, 433 houses built of wood, 327 houses of 2 stories, 262 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 239 houses of 1 story, 113 houses built of brick, 106 houses of 4 rooms, 88 houses of 3 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 221,465 bushels of oats, 109,933 pounds of homemade butter, 69,320 bushels of turnips, 51,663 bushels of peas, 48,473 acres of land in farms, 47,630 bushels of potatoes, 44,792 bushels of winter wheat, 39,239 bushels of barley, 35,731 acres of improved land in farms, 28,397 acres of farmland under crops, 20,600 chickens, 17,292 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,742 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,599 tons of hay, 8,067 acres of oats, 8,035 bushels of spring wheat, 6,699 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,059 acres of hay crops, 3,968 sheep, 3,797 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,633 swine, 3,337 other cattle, 3,335 acres of wheat, 2,819 milk cows, 2,356 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,824 acres of barley, 1,532 cattle killed or sold, 1,336 horses aged over 3 years, 896 geese, 769 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 655 horses aged 3 years and under, 635 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 598 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 566 occupants of farms, 514 bushels of corn, 479 farm occupants who own their land, 426 acres of potatoes, 414 ducks, 293 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 250 acres of turnips, 200 turkeys, 186 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 105 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 87 farm occupants who rent their land, 80 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 bushels of beans, 64 bushels of rye, 16 oxen, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON127010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON137011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115263091

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). "Wallace, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wallace-on127010-1891/.