Wellesley, Ontario (1891 census)
Wellesley was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,609. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7981233. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.545°N, 80.728°W.
Population
In 1891, Wellesley had a population of 5,609: 2,917 male and 2,692 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,546 |
| 1861 | 5,888 |
| 1871 | 5,710 |
| 1881 | 5,752 |
| 1891 | 5,609 |
| 1901 | 5,051 |
| 1911 | 4,757 |
| 1921 | 4,466 |
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, Wellesley shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,609 total population, 2,917 males, 2,692 females, 1,736 married persons, 1,031 families, 868 married females, 868 married males, 188 widowed persons, 110 widowed females, 78 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,685 single persons under 18, 1,971 single males under 18, 1,714 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,606 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,022 occupied houses, 1,021 houses, 818 houses of 1 story, 689 houses built of wood, 615 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 252 houses built of brick, 201 houses of 2 stories, 143 houses of 4 rooms, 134 houses of 5 rooms, 80 houses built of stone, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 285,559 bushels of oats, 212,613 pounds of homemade butter, 92,161 bushels of barley, 92,104 bushels of winter wheat, 67,399 bushels of peas, 65,417 acres of land in farms, 62,545 bushels of turnips, 53,210 acres of improved land in farms, 44,341 acres of farmland under crops, 35,279 bushels of potatoes, 34,729 chickens, 19,486 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 14,001 tons of hay, 13,444 bushels of spring wheat, 12,207 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,743 acres of oats, 8,273 acres of hay crops, 7,799 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,867 acres of wheat, 6,305 swine slaughtered or sold, 6,280 swine, 6,119 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,680 sheep, 4,640 other cattle, 4,111 acres of barley, 3,079 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3,039 milk cows, 2,181 cattle killed or sold, 2,095 horses aged over 3 years, 1,397 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,189 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,093 geese, 1,070 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 911 occupants of farms, 871 horses aged 3 years and under, 760 farm occupants who own their land, 708 ducks, 496 turkeys, 466 acres of potatoes, 339 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 312 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 219 acres of turnips, 157 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 148 farm occupants who rent their land, 97 bushels of rye, 82 bushels of corn, 79 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 69 other fowl, 43 bushels of beans, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 7 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON123005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON150003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7981233
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellesley,_Ontario
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). "Wellesley, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wellesley-on123005-1891/.