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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q22367448

Walpole Island, Ontario (1891 census)

Walpole Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 885. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q22367448. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.542°N, 82.642°W.

Population

In 1891, Walpole Island had a population of 885: 450 male and 435 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.

Earlier boundary forms

Later boundary forms

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 885 total population, 450 males, 435 females, 322 married persons, 195 families, 163 married females, 159 married males, 62 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 501 single persons under 18, 267 single males under 18, 234 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 885 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 192 houses, 192 occupied houses, 191 houses built of wood, 130 houses of 2 stories, 94 houses of 2 rooms, 62 houses of 1 story, 47 houses of 1 room, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,754 bushels of potatoes, 4,527 bushels of corn, 4,234 bushels of winter wheat, 3,161 acres of land in farms, 2,920 pounds of homemade butter, 2,674 acres of improved land in farms, 1,947 bushels of oats, 1,310 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,307 chickens, 1,272 bushels of turnips, 1,152 acres of farmland under crops, 692 bushels of beans, 616 bushels of spring wheat, 582 swine, 487 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 409 tons of hay, 401 acres of wheat, 388 swine slaughtered or sold, 381 other cattle, 356 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 299 bushels of peas, 296 acres of hay crops, 263 horses aged over 3 years, 242 milk cows, 221 bushels of buckwheat, 212 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 202 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 193 occupants of farms, 192 farm occupants who own their land, 145 sheep, 136 acres of oats, 115 acres of potatoes, 109 horses aged 3 years and under, 108 ducks, 107 cattle killed or sold, 100 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 86 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 geese, 48 oxen, 27 turkeys, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 18 acres of turnips, 12 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 other fowl, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (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). "Walpole Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/walpole-island-on047009-1891/.