Wellington, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Wellington, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 555. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7981305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.964°N, 77.365°W.
Population
In 1891, Wellington, Village had a population of 555: 264 male and 291 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 517 |
| 1881 | 598 |
| 1891 | 555 |
| 1901 | 652 |
| 1911 | 785 |
| 1921 | 824 |
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, Wellington, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 555 total population, 291 females, 264 males, 234 married persons, 146 families, 117 married females, 117 married males, 38 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 3.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 283 single persons under 18, 147 single females under 18, 136 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 555 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 146 occupied houses, 145 houses, 115 houses built of wood, 91 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 2 stories, 29 houses built of brick, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,805 pounds of homemade butter, 5,552 bushels of barley, 4,315 bushels of peas, 1,811 chickens, 1,761 bushels of buckwheat, 1,511 acres of land in farms, 1,455 bushels of oats, 1,406 acres of improved land in farms, 1,255 bushels of potatoes, 1,124 acres of farmland under crops, 955 bushels of turnips, 755 bushels of corn, 465 bushels of spring wheat, 269 acres of barley, 263 tons of hay, 232 other fowl, 195 acres of hay crops, 154 occupants of farms, 152 horses aged over 3 years, 143 acres of farmland in pasture, 143 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 139 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 133 swine, 105 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 105 farm occupants who own their land, 100 bushels of rye, 88 milk cows, 86 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 80 bushels of winter wheat, 67 swine slaughtered or sold, 64 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 50 acres of oats, 46 farm occupants who rent their land, 46 turkeys, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 other cattle, 43 ducks, 32 acres of wheat, 25 geese, 18 acres of potatoes, 18 cattle killed or sold, 16 sheep, 8 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON113009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON140010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7981305
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington,_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). "Wellington, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wellington-village-on113009-1891/.