Welland, C, Ontario (1891 census)

Welland, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,035. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.987°N, 79.240°W.

Population

In 1891, Welland, C had a population of 2,035: 977 male and 1,058 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Welland, C, 1881 (27.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Welland, C shared boundaries with:

• Crowland

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,035 total population, 1,058 females, 977 males, 763 married persons, 449 families, 382 married females, 381 married males, 119 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 44 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,153 single persons under 18, 601 single females under 18, 552 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,033 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 432 houses, 432 occupied houses, 387 houses built of wood, 298 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 236 houses of 2 stories, 194 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 44 houses built of brick, 34 houses of 4 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,015 pounds of homemade butter, 3,465 bushels of oats, 1,767 acres of land in farms, 1,642 bushels of winter wheat, 1,560 chickens, 1,496 acres of improved land in farms, 1,070 bushels of potatoes, 1,055 bushels of corn, 952 acres of farmland under crops, 400 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 382 tons of hay, 359 acres of farmland in pasture, 340 bushels of turnips, 282 acres of hay crops, 271 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 250 bushels of peas, 230 horses aged over 3 years, 216 bushels of buckwheat, 200 bushels of barley, 185 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 156 acres of oats, 145 sheep, 137 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 112 acres of wheat, 110 bushels of spring wheat, 105 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 104 milk cows, 100 bushels of rye, 94 swine, 85 bushels of beans, 79 occupants of farms, 69 farm occupants who own their land, 61 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 other cattle, 36 geese, 31 ducks, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 swine slaughtered or sold, 24 cattle killed or sold, 24 sheep slaughtered or sold, 22 acres of potatoes, 18 turkeys, 15 acres of barley, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 2, 2 other fowl, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON125012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q424773
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland

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). "Welland, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/welland-c-on125012-1891/.